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!

Thursday, 19 April 2012

Leigh Woods Centenary Bench

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This solid oak bench was installed in Leigh Woods, near Bristol, in October 2009. It is situated on Stokeleigh Camp (an Iron Age hill fort) ...

Walking sticks

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I 've just completed an interesting commission for someone studying for a product design degree at the University of the West of England...
Monday, 16 April 2012

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This is a short film about Boiling Wells in St Werburghs, Bristol where I work part-time. I hope you enjoy it!
Friday, 6 April 2012

'From the woods' at Westonbirt Arboretum

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I went over to Westonbirt Arboretum in Gloucestershire today, to have a look at this exhibition that has one of my sculptures in it. Westonb...
Tuesday, 3 April 2012

Young Bristol at Boiling Wells

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We have just finished working with a group supported by the organisation 'Young Bristol' at Boiling Wells. Everyone had a great time...
Friday, 24 February 2012

Matthew figurehead

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I'm still working on the figurehead, just waiting for a few last vital measurements before starting carving. Last week the timbers wer...

'Wood miner'

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Well, it's been a while but I've just made another metainsect for the series that I've been working on for the last few years. T...
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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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