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!

Friday, 23 June 2017

One-handed woodcarving - a few thoughts about tools and techniques that could help people with the use of one hand only

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Recently, someone contacted me with a very interesting question. This person had suffered a stroke a year ago and was now confined to a whee...
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Friday, 16 June 2017

Carving the 'Jackie Collins Inspirational Woman of the Year' award 2017

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Last year, I was commissioned to  make this award for the Penny Brohn UK cancer charity. It was a real pleasure to be asked to do t...
Sunday, 28 May 2017

Seventeenth century carvings, filming locations and stories of ghosts at Chavenage house in Gloucestershire

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Chavenage House is situated near Tetbury in the Cotswolds . It may seem familiar to some readers, as it's been used as a filming l...
Wednesday, 26 April 2017

Carving or painting? The emblem of the Hull City Tigers made using woodcarving techniques, wood bleach and stain

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This piece was commissioned as a surprise gift for some fans of the Hull City football (or soccer for readers in the US!) team. At firs...
Wednesday, 15 March 2017

Ancient and modern woodworking on the Somerset Levels

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The Avalon Marshes are three nature reserves (Shapwick Heath, Westhay Moor and Ham Wall) on the Somerset Levels , not far from Glastonbury...
Tuesday, 7 February 2017

Exploring Bristol with Hazen Audel: craftsman and presenter of 'Primal Survivor' on the National Geographic channel

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Hazen Audel was in Bristol doing some work connected to the show that he presents, called ' Primal Survivor '.  As well as his te...
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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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