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!

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...
Wednesday, 9 July 2014

The family bible of Thomas and Sarah Rutter, who married at St Dunstan and All Saints church in Stepney, London in September 1801

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This post is a bit different from my others. When my grandparents passed away, I inherited an old, heavily-worn bible from them. The c...
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...

A carved cedar log as a sign for Rock Meadow, a new housing development in the Forest of Dean

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This carved Cedar of Lebanon log is a sign for a new development at Redmarley in the Forest of Dean and was commissioned by Severn Vale...
Friday, 27 June 2014

Celebrating the Braishfield Oak: Running carving workshops at Braishfield School in Hampshire

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Braishfield primary school is in the rural village of Braishfield in Hampshire. A large old oak tree used to grow in its playground and was ...
Wednesday, 18 June 2014

Chatting with Nat and Leo: more about journeymen travelling in the German tradition

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I spent some time recently with Nat and Leo, journeymen travelling in the traditional way that originated in Germany (travelling carpe...
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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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