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 February 2015

Making my own sgian dubh (the knife traditionally worn with a kilt)

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I'm in the process of buying a kilt and wanted to wear the traditional knife in my hose (sock). Looking at ones online, they were either...
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Thursday, 12 February 2015

A surprise visit from Peter Gabbitass' great grandson, to see his ancestor carved on the Downs bench

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As I was working today in my studio with music playing on the stereo, I didn't see two people patiently waiting for me to look up. It wa...
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Tuesday, 3 February 2015

The Forest of Avon Products Cooperative is in the news!

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I've been a member of the Forest of Avon Products cooperative for about seven years. The 'coop' itself has been going since 199...
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...
Wednesday, 10 December 2014

Revisiting previous bench projects - how were they doing?

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Yesterday, I was on the other side of town and decided to check in on a couple of previous projects. They are two benches installed in publi...
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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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