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 sgian dubh. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sgian dubh. Show all posts
Monday, 4 May 2015

Carving a wooden kiltpin with a celtic design using a knife: part two

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So.... I had carved a kiltpin that I thought was very beautiful. After it had been completed, my kilt arrived in the post. I put the k...
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Wednesday, 4 March 2015

Making a carved wooden brooch with a celtic design, to be worn as a kiltpin

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A kiltpin is traditionally worn pinned to one corner of the front of a kilt. It's not supposed to go through both of the layers of mater...
Thursday, 19 February 2015

Making my own sgian dubh (the knife traditionally worn with a kilt)

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I'm in the process of buying a kilt and wanted to wear the traditional knife in my hose (sock). Looking at ones online, they were either...
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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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