Jack in the Green....in the Pew

 Some people call it Devon, some call it Exeter, whatever......it's my favourite carving style.

For me, it goes from 1480-ish through to 1700-ish. Tudors and Stuarts from Henry and Henry, through to William and Mary. She died of smallpox in 1694, he in 1702, after a fall from his horse. For all the harm they caused and all the good they failed to do, a lot of the carving in Devon's churches survived. 550 years, 22 generations and here am I trying to connect with those carvers of Devon, by carving what they carved.

It's a lot of hard graft, for which they may have been paid very little. Oh joy!

And the carpentry.