White robed angel with red wings.
👀 St Marnarch’s Church, #Lanreath #Cornwall
Designed by R.F. Wheatly & carved by Violet #Pinwill. It was coloured by W D Snell. 1925
Details👇
pinwillsisters.org.uk/the-catalogue/…
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#WoodcarvingWednesday
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If at some stage you visit Devon/Cornwall you will find many churches with #Pinwill work.
Helen Wilson has a comprehensive gazetteer of them (within the menu)👇
pinwillsisters.org.uk?doing_wp_cro...
Yes, agreed.
Hopefully you’ll get to Dartmoor soon. There are quite a few churches with #Pinwill work on & around the Moor.
The Remarkable Pinwill Sisters book by Helen Wilson. A photo of a carved angel, a #VioletPinwill speciality, on the cover.
Yes, Helen Wilson is very much the expert on the #Pinwill sisters. Her book & gazeteer of churches to visit is superb (link above).
I would strongly recommend #Postbridge church for children & the young at heart. It is great fun to search for all the different carved animals.
A praying angel seems to supporting the end of the carved wooden altar rail. It is typical of the work of the Devon woodcarver Violet Pinwill.
St Gabriel’s Church, #Postbridge #Dartmoor #Devon
Typical #Pinwill #angel c.1934
Probably designed & carved by #VioletPinwill as part of her furnishing scheme for when the village school was converted into a church.
Details👇
pinwillsisters.org.uk/the-catalogu...
#WoodcarvingWednesday
#Woodensday
Blewski needs to meet the #Pinwill Sisters... 😍
What beautiful bench ends.
There is a #WoodcarvingWednesday on Bluesky.
You are probably aware of Dr Helen Wilson’s work on the #Pinwill woodcarving sisters. But just in case 👇
pinwillsisters.org.uk#_Toc498521624
Agreed - it is a beautiful work of art.
Here is another part of the reredos at #Ermington with an angel leading a shepherd.
The late #Victorian #Pinwill Sisters were amazing highly skilled carvers.
If it is of interest do visit this website for more details about them. 👇
pinwillsisters.org.uk
An angel leading a King by the hand to the Nativity.
#Ermington Church, #Devon
Beautiful alabaster carving by Violet #Pinwill. 1911
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Fully agree.
There is so much to see & appreciate.
An interest contrast was the #Pinwill wood carving of the 1920s.
pinwillsisters.org.uk/the-catalogu...
