EXHIBITION OF IFFLEY'S NEW 'ROMANESQUE' ARCH and CELEBRATION OF LIVING STONES 2019

EXHIBITION OF IFFLEY’S NEW ‘ROMANESQUE’ ARCH and CELEBRATION OF LIVING STONES 2019

When: 16 February 2020 all-day
Where: Iffley Church Hall, Church Way, Iffley, Oxford OX4 4EJ

A TIME TO GATHER STONES TOGETHER – Ecclesiastes ch3 v5    The nine stones carved in the churchyard in September 2019 will be gathered together…

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STONE-CARVING COURSE

STONE-CARVING COURSE

When: 27 September 2019 @ 10:00 am – 29 September 2019 @ 5:30 pm
Where: Iffley Church, Church Way, Oxford OX4 4EJ

At the heart of THE STONES OF IFFLEY weekend will be a STONE-CARVING COURSE. This is for complete beginners as well as people with some…

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God's Carvings: my Work as a Sculptor, a talk by Nicholas Mynheer

God’s Carvings: my Work as a Sculptor, a talk by Nicholas Mynheer

When: 29 September 2019 @ 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Where: Iffley Church Hall, 116-122 Church Way, Oxford OX4 4EG

Nicholas Mynheer created the doorway for the aumbry in Iffley Church in 2012. The 13th century aumbry is a cupboard for the safe-keeping of the…

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Walking tour of stonework in Oxford

Walking tour of stonework in Oxford

When: 29 September 2019 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Where: Oxford University of Natural Histotry, Parks Rd, Oxford OX1 3PW

This walking tour of building stone as used in Oxford is lead by Geoffrey Tyack, architectural historian, and Philip Powell, geologist. It starts and finishes…

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The Conservation of Historic Stonework, talks by Alex Wenham and Richard Martin

The Conservation of Historic Stonework, talks by Alex Wenham and Richard Martin

When: 28 September 2019 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Where: Iffley Church Hall, Church Way, Iffley, Oxford OX4 4EG

Alex Wenham is an architectural stone-carver and restorer based in Oxford. Right now two of his sculptures in plaster of Paris are outside the Museum…

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A close look at Iffley’s sculptures

A close look at Iffley’s sculptures

When: 28 September 2019 @ 9:30 am – 10:30 am
Where: Iffley Church, Church Way, Iffley, Oxford OX4 4EG

Look closely at the riot of Romanesque sculptures on St Mary’s Church, Iffley with stone carvers Alex Wenham and Richard Martin. They will consider what the…

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