Carvings with Stories: a blog about woodcarving

My name is Alistair Park and I'm a professional carver who is based in Bristol, England. I've been carving for over twenty-eight years and I also enjoy teaching my skills to people of all ages. You'll find posts here about all kinds of things to do with carving; the work that I do, the people that I meet and the things that I see which inspire me. Please feel free to comment on anything of interest, it'd be great to hear from you!

Showing posts with label misericords. Show all posts
Showing posts with label misericords. Show all posts
Thursday, 24 March 2016

Travelling south of the two rivers to turn the world upside-down: Tilburg Carnaval 2016

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Recently, I wrote about the medieval tradition of 'turning the world upside down' and the way that it is portrayed in many miseric...
Thursday, 10 December 2015

The fascinating and sometimes very rude sixteenth-century misericords in Bristol Cathedral

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The collection of misericords in Bristol Cathedral date from 1515-1526 and were installed by order of Abbot Robert Elyot. The stalls aroun...
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Sunday, 24 November 2013

The Lord Mayor's Chapel, St Mark's Church in Bristol. Could you guess when these misericords were carved?

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This church is in the centre of Bristol, next to the Council House. It's quite appropriate, as it is apparently the only municipally-...
Tuesday, 1 October 2013

St Petroc's in Bodmin, Cornwall: Deformed hands, magic trees, hidden beauty and a spire blown up by lightning

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St Petroc's is the largest church in Cornwall apart from Truro cathedral. Bodmin, the town in which this church stands, was the capi...
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I have been carving regularly since 1994, although I remember having a knife taken off me at school when I was about 10 years old- some places are more suited to practising whittling than others!
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