Another Painted Head

The third week at Mires Beck and the last session for some, with five participants taking home their completed carved log.      Freda’s finished frog and Derek’s fabulous fish;

I’ve always been a fan of medieval carvings, especially the Romanesque style found at Kilpeck church in Herefordshire etc: the “beakhead” and beast-head ornaments found around the doors. I think

On to the modern era now, beginning with Haxey Hood; there is a brilliant display in the North Lincolnshire Museum, and it obviously caught the imagination of the pupils of