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!

Tuesday, 29 January 2013

Carving a self portrait in wood for 'Cornucopia' at the Grant bradley gallery in Bristol

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I've been invited to exhibit in this show, which runs from the 9th February 2013 to the 2nd March. It seemed like a good opportunity to ...
Thursday, 24 January 2013

Fitting a new window in the roundhouse's cordwood wall

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There has been a bit of a break in fixing the roundhouse roof, thanks to some heavy snowfall (a note to readers in Canada, Scandinavia a...
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Wednesday, 16 January 2013

If you think that you find it hard finding a space to carve....Andrew Wodzianski's 'Self Portrait of the artist as Ishmael'

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I just saw an article about this piece of performance art by Andrew Wodzianski, called 'Self portrait of the artist as Ishmael'. He...
Monday, 14 January 2013

Fixing the Boiling Wells roundhouse roof

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Over the last week, I've been hard at work repairing our roundhouse roof. It was originally built with a very steep pitch and the turve...
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Sunday, 6 January 2013

Lime rendering a strawbale wall- a few things learnt at the Boiling Wells roundhouse in St Werburghs, Bristol

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A few of us farm staff are about to get on with sorting out the roundhouse at the St Werburgh's City Farm's Boiling Wells site, whic...
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Wednesday, 2 January 2013

Grinling Gibbons in Bristol - a hidden treasure and a woodcarving mystery

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On a quiet afternoon, head into Bristol's Central Library on College Green and head upstairs to the Reference Library. If it isn't 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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