Wednesday, 13 May 2015

Elm furniture at YHA Dartmoor (previously known as Bellever Youth Hostel)

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  'A fire was burning in the common room, where there were specially made wooden seats.' Pat Packham, A Holiday in So...
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Thursday, 7 May 2015

Interviewed about woodcarving by Steve Yabsley on BBC Radio Bristol (and Radio Somerset) - with images of some of the things that we talked about

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Today I packed a large rucksack full of tools and carvings and headed over to BBC Bristol on Whiteladies Road in Bristol. Steve Yab...
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Monday, 4 May 2015

Carving a wooden kiltpin with a celtic design using a knife: part two

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So.... I had carved a kiltpin that I thought was very beautiful. After it had been completed, my kilt arrived in the post. I put the k...
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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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