Quite a light day today, as I finished the flowing dress of Titania, added a couple more oak leaves and tidied up any snags.   The large chiselled area of

Yes, the Summer workshops finished last week, and already we are on the Autumn course ~ they don’t mess about at Mires Beck! The carvers have some nice beech logs

Another session at the youth club, and the carvings are coming on.     

After finishing the bulk of the work on the characters, it was just left for me to carve some leaves in certain areas.      So the leaf underneath Bottom’s

I’d planned to give Bottom a left hand, on the right of the tree as you look at it; the idea was to have it pushing aside a few leaves,

A hard day ~ not only was the sun blazing down constantly, but most of the carving was done at the top of the ladder and stretching above head height.

A bit cooler today, and better conditions for chiselling. I started with the hand of Titania this morning, and with the position of the burrs and thick bark I’d decided

After driving through heavy mist and light drizzle, the day turned out to be a scorcher ~ nice for strolling around York or seeing the sights from the castle walls,

Day two at Grays Court, a bit  of a drizzly morning then bright sunshine til late on. After being pleased with the amount I got done yesterday, I got bogged

Grays Court is a boutique hotel and historic Grade 1 -listed historic heritage property in the centre of York that boasts over 900 years of colourful history. It was once