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, 28 April 2015

A day in Leigh Woods; Burwalls cave, Luke Jerram's stranded boats and a wooden sofa

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Leigh Woods runs along one side of the Avon Gorge near Bristol and is home to some very rare species of trees and plants. I went there a fe...
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Thursday, 16 April 2015

Buy local, buy social, learn to carve wood...

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My friend Joe from Touchwood Enterprises surprised me yesterday by letting me know that I was now a figurehead for the ' buy local, buy...
Monday, 13 April 2015

Teaching woodcarving at my studio in Bristol - spoon carving lessons in the sunshine

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Yesterday, I spent a very pleasant day teaching two students spoon carving at my studio.   First, we discussed diffe...
Saturday, 11 April 2015

From a log to a carved plaque - making a carving from a cedar tree that had been cut down.

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I recently completed an interesting carved plaque for the St Monica Trust in Bristol. The trust runs retirement homes and nursing homes aro...
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Woodcarving lessons for visitors to the Tree Life Centre in Bristol

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Yesterday was a beautiful sunny day, as I headed back to the Tree Life Centre in Kingswood to teach visitors to their Open Day how to carve...
Monday, 6 April 2015

Saxon and modern stone carvings at the ancient church of St Laurence in Bradford-on-Avon

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In the small town of Bradford-on-Avon, in the west of the county of Wiltshire, is one of the oldest churches in Britain. Despite evidence of...
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Friday, 27 March 2015

Making plinths for stone sculptures, running carving workshops and emergency while-you-wait lettercutting!

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There have been a lot of different, smaller jobs going on recently, as well as finishing off the huge Downs bench (which is very exciting). ...
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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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