This carving turned out to be one of my favourite pieces to date: I was asked to reproduce a “Nisse” character from Scandinavian folklore, in particular one from the book

I get asked to carve quite a few signs and plaques, but not many featuring prehistoric monuments ~ that was the case when a customer from Wiltshire contacted me regarding

A customer had seen the pictures of the beakhead I did for our own wall (at the start of the Covid lockdown ~ see earlier posts) and wanted one for

The recent carvings at Sewerby Hall have got some nice media coverage ~ all the local newspapers, but also the Yorkshire Post, which was nice.

Previous years have seen 2 or even 3 woodcarving courses at Mires Beck, but of course this is no ordinary year ~ as well as the Spring workshops here, I’d

It’s always good to have some indoor work to crack on with when the weather turns nasty, and during a couple of drizzly days (when Sewerby was out of the

The next carving for Sewerby Hall, and sadly the last one for the time being, was of a traditional Bridlington “coble” ~ an inshore sailing boat from the north-east of

This log cried out for a panoramic scene ~ it was a lovely shape, splayed out at the ends, narrow in the middle and curved along its length. To add

The last three pieces of beech had really interesting shapes, and it was fun trying to think up designs to suit each log. I chose bottle-nosed dolphins for this one,

The last of the three log benches at Sewerby hall ~ similar to the one which featured gannets, in that the carving on the back-rest had to be relatively simple