{"id":6136,"date":"2020-06-03T10:59:48","date_gmt":"2020-06-03T10:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stichler.co.uk\/?p=6136"},"modified":"2020-11-15T19:36:17","modified_gmt":"2020-11-15T19:36:17","slug":"getting-medieval","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stichler.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/06\/03\/getting-medieval\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting Medieval"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I&#8217;ve always been a fan of medieval carvings, especially the Romanesque style found at Kilpeck church in Herefordshire etc: the &#8220;beakhead&#8221;  and beast-head ornaments found around the doors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"http:\/\/stichler.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/lincoln-007.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stichler.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/lincoln-007.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.stichler.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/lincoln-007-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stichler.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/lincoln-007-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.stichler.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/lincoln-007-70x53.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I think the variety of designs and the clean, simplistic style is fantastic, and for years I&#8217;d fancied carving one for my own amusement ~ of course, until the current situation I&#8217;d not had the opportunity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I had a look for a suitable beakhead to copy, and found a nice one from Lincoln Cathedral. The protruding tongue could be adapted to lay flat rather than following the curved architectural moulding of the door.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" src=\"http:\/\/stichler.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/637515_edb2d010-rotated.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stichler.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/637515_edb2d010-rotated.jpg 427w, https:\/\/www.stichler.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/637515_edb2d010-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.stichler.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/637515_edb2d010-267x400.jpg 267w, https:\/\/www.stichler.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/637515_edb2d010-47x70.jpg 47w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 427px) 100vw, 427px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" 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