Wednesday, 29 July 2015

Carved oak panels and benches as part of an outdoor nature /art trail at St Chad's school

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St Chad's primary school is in Patchway, in the north of Bristol. The school has a strip of young native trees such as birch and wil...
Sunday, 5 July 2015

Teaching woodcarving at Perry Court primary school in Bristol

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The weather was hot and sunny last Friday as I set up to teach woodcarving at Perry Court primary school in Hengrove, Bristol. Ben ...
Sunday, 28 June 2015

Phil Young: carving wood, as part of his distinctive sculptures, at his studio in Bristol

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    I've known Phil Young for quite a while now, in fact we went to the University of Plymouth in Exeter at the same time, studying...
Wednesday, 24 June 2015

Visiting Pennant Melangell, an ancient Welsh church in what is an even older sacred site

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'It's difficult to know what it is about this shrine and this valley that appeals so much. Is it the simple story of a good w...
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Tuesday, 23 June 2015

Where are the carved spiders hidden on the bench in the children's playground on Clifton Down in Bristol?

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If you've been searching for the spiders on this bench and can't find them all, you're probably not alone. Some of them are d...

The bench in the children's playground at Clifton Down has been installed!

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Last Friday, I went to the Downs with a group of the estates team from Bristol council to fit the large oak bench that I've been wor...
Friday, 12 June 2015

Large wooden outdoor sculptures at Lake Vyrnwy and Bala in Wales

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 On a recent trip to Wales, I visited Lake Vyrnwy . The lake is actually a reservoir, with a stone dam built in the 1880s holding back t...
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