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 saws. Show all posts
Showing posts with label saws. Show all posts
Sunday, 25 March 2018

The story of a saw

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Like many woodcarvers and other woodworkers, I have a lot of old tools: some with names of previous owners stamped on them. Sometimes I w...
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Sunday, 26 October 2014

Eighteenth century woodworker's clothing and equipment, shown as part of the Hellbrunn Mechanical Theatre in Salzburg, Austria

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The Hellbrun Mechanical Theatre is a huge automaton. It was built between 1748 and 1752 and is housed in the Hellbrun palace in Salzburg. T...
Wednesday, 30 July 2014

Woodcarving and woodworking tools seen at the British Museum; from ancient Nubia and Mesopotamia around 4,000 to 5,000 years ago

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The British Museum is so full of incredible objects that a visit can be a bit overwhelming. Sometimes it is nice to just pick out a part...
Friday, 4 July 2014

Meeting Tim Gatfield at the Cherry Wood Project, a centre for green woodworking, practical woodland management and education

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The Cherry Wood Project is situated near Marshfield in South Gloucestershire. Eight years ago, Tim Gatfield began the sustainable wood...
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Alistair
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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