Yes, the Autumn carving workshops at Mires Beck have come to a close, and as always the sessions have been really enjoyable ~ with lovely people, beautiful surroundings and some

A nice piece in the York Press regarding the Grays Court Hotel carving: http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/11509334.Sculptor_rescues_dying_chestnut_tree/

The second of the three Mires Beck Autumn sessions, and there is some impressive work being produced by all.    Tony making a good job of his house number carving,

More pictures from the Friday night carving sessions at Hedon Youth Club; with only a couple more sessions to go everyone is cracking on well.   

Whilst at the Cornucopia Festival I received a message and photo from a friend at the Hull Trinity Festival ~ it seems the bass player from the band Tom Skelly

We’ve had a stall at the Cornucopia Festival since its inception in 2012 at Beswick, and this, the third year, was the biggest yet; after moving to Burton Agnes last

I was contacted by a lady from Manchester who wanted a gargoyle carved in oak for her partner;  because of her partner’s interest in wartime aircraft, she requested that the

To finish off the carving, Helen and Sam at Grays Court came up with the idea of some text from the play on the rear of the tree, facing the

After making a decent start on Puck’s face yesterday, I moved on to surrounding him with some more oak leaves before working on his hair and horns; once the position

It was nice to have a day at ground level after tottering about on ladders for a week; give it a day or two and I’ll be moaning about having