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!

Monday, 28 September 2015

Visiting Dismaland; a 'bemusement park', complete with some woodcarving!

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There has been a lot of talk recently in certain quarters about the 'Dismaland' exhibition in Weston-super-mare. I was kindly given ...

Teaching woodcarving for the NHS at 'Fresh Arts' festival 2015 in Southmead hospital

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Recently, I've been working on a major new commission for ' Fresh Arts ', the arts organisation for North Bristol National Healt...

Francis Austen, keen woodworker and brother of Jane Austen the novelist

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Jane Austen's House museum can be found in the pretty village of Chawton in Hampshire. The novelist lived there, with her mother a...
Monday, 14 September 2015

An unusual carved wooden coat hanger commission

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I was asked to carve a wooden coat hanger that looked as if it was made from old bones, for a shop called 'Tee and Coffin' whi...
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...
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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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