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 stone carvings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label stone carvings. Show all posts
Thursday, 10 January 2019

Inuit stone carving - a detective story

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When I was much, much younger, long before I discovered carving, my father came into the room one day and gave me a stone sculpture of ...
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Monday, 2 February 2015

Visiting the pretty village of Castle Combe; unnatural carvings, Hollywood locations and one of the oldest working clocks in Britain

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Castle Combe is in the county of Wiltshire, on the edge of the Cotswold hills. It may be familiar to some of you even if you have never visi...
Monday, 1 September 2014

A strange Norman stone carving in St Nicholas' church, Combe St Nicholas, Somerset

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While visiting this church for a wedding, I noticed the strange carved stone capital on a pillar near the north entrance. Apparently, i...
Monday, 28 July 2014

The mysterious carved symbols on the kerbstones of London

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Whilst walking from Oxford Street through Soho in London, I saw this symbol carved into the kerbstone at my feet, then another further ...
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Wednesday, 16 July 2014

Revisiting the Green Man - a mysterious image from the past

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The Green Man is a face that can be seen in many old churches and stately homes throughout northern Europe. The face has several basic forms...
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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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