Saturday, 22 November 2014

Libby Houston visits my studio to see her portrait carved in relief and to chat about rare plants and Whitebeam trees

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Libby Houston is one of the subjects carved into the large oak bench that I've been working on. She has had six books of poetry publi...
Thursday, 20 November 2014

An inscription and emblem carved onto an unusual object

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One of the more unusual things that I've carved an inscription onto! This commission involved carving a message onto the ash wood han...
Monday, 10 November 2014

A sneak preview of some of the carvings on the bench for the Bristol Downs

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I've been very busy for the last month or two working on a big new bench that will go onto the Downs. Very few large pieces of sculpture...
Sunday, 26 October 2014

Eighteenth century woodworker's clothing and equipment, shown as part of the Hellbrunn Mechanical Theatre in Salzburg, Austria

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The Hellbrun Mechanical Theatre is a huge automaton. It was built between 1748 and 1752 and is housed in the Hellbrun palace in Salzburg. T...
Sunday, 12 October 2014

'The Creation', carved brick panels by Walter Ritchie on Bristol Eye Hospital

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One of the first things that I saw in Bristol, on walking out of the coach station, was this series of large sculptures carved into brick. T...
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A pendant carving workshop for 'Wildfest' at the Northern Slopes, Knowle West in Bristol

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'Wildfest' is a small festival organised by the community in Knowle West, together with Ben Carpenter of Youth Moves. It is held on ...
Thursday, 2 October 2014

Milling the oak for a large bench to go on the Downs in Bristol

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After several unexpected delays, the locally-grown oak to be used in making a new bench for a public space in Bristol has finally been mille...