Ian Howard

Bespoke home, garden & landscapes. Local & traditional materials & techniques.

[Wuthering Hikes @WutheringHikes]

Today Branwell was initiated as a mason in the lodge of the 3 Graces. Quickly rose through the ranks to master mason & their influence even made it into Jane Eyre where Charlotte includes nods & winks through names & themes she uses. All the images were taken in the lodge.

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Sneaking around at dawn like the sun just before sunrise.

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Poetry sessions are returning to a historic pub where Branwell Bronte used to give readings https://t.co/bs9f8EOxND

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So much of what PO CEO Nick Read says here, post #Horizon , argues FOR retaining POs like #Haworth We wish that #PostOffice would practise what they preach #PostOfficeScandal #PostOfficeInquiry #PostOfficeHorizon #SaveHaworthPostOffice

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Before and after my homemade beeswax polish. From proper local bees too !

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Valentine's hearts & pendants made from the wood of the sycamore tree felled next to the Brontë parsonage, Haworth & treated with homemade beeswax polish from local hives. Available in my Etsy shop in time for the 14th 🥰 https://t.co/RbCsMBTSXN

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This month ive been mostly heating raw beeswax and and various oils. ;-)

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Process of transforming raw beeswax into polish & wood treatments. ive used different ratios of of raw beeswax & oils to reinforce, preserve & polish, depending on the porosity of the wood, that will sink into the grain & create a firmer material to carve- & they smell of honey !

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Morning :-)

Top Withens, Wuthering Heights. From this years project looking at the cross quarter days throughout the year. Imbolc - The return of the fire.

I'm also liking the idea of the year following the chakras-so this would be Muladhara, the deep red primal root.

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Conjuring up some misty apparitions in the old ruin at sunset.

Wuthering heights - Top Withens

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Little edit of the Brontë parsonage i made for valentines day ... and managed to delete yesterday :-D

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Top Withens (Wuthering Heights) and the Cathy and Heathcliff trees

This year is already limbering up for some dramatic inspiration.

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Ive added another couple of carvings to my Etsy shop. A new Wuthering heart with some really lovely spalting, a chunky page holder opener & a set of 3 hearts. All made from the the sycamore tree that was felled at the Bronte parsonage & church in 2018.

https://t.co/RbCsMBTSXN

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Careful with those drinks !
aaaand... the pubs are reopen in the village ! Enjoy, stay safe and welcome back 🙂

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Cuckoo stone, Haworth moor

“It’s a cuckoo’s, sir – I know all about it;" Nelly on Heathcliff

Greeks believed Zeus turned into a cuckoo to have inappropriate relations with his sister.

Locally the bird is associated with Lady day on 25th March

More here https://t.co/nwLtNOpu6H

[Ian Howard @Gaia_landscape]

Sacred geometry gives symbolic meanings to particular geometric shapes & mathematical proportions. Originally ascribed to Gods design, it is now seen as fundamental to the nature of the universe.

If you'd like something a bit special, trellis, gate etc, please give me a shout.

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My other 'job' ;-)

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If you pre-ordered a heart - they are on their way, thankyou for your patience while i found time to carve them in between homeschooling adventures :-)

All unique as i used traditional methods of splitting the wood with wedges to keeps all the little twists & natural shapes.

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Nice wood. Cant wait to have a mooch around the showroom ... eventually :-)

[British Hardwoods @britishhardwood]

Introducing our new Log Blog - featuring Pippy Oak, Native Elm, Sycamore and Spalted Beech . . . https://t.co/zYfnnLa8x1

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An icy early morning hike over the Heights to top Withens before the snow a couple of days ago.

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Lucky enough to be homeschooling again (i could really do this long term !) so in the mean time concentrating on smaller projects that i can complete on a weekend & am sharing a few ideas to fancy up your outdoor spaces.

https://t.co/0aHf9cdLJX

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There's no such thing as nothing, everything is potential and the only things that exist are coherent relationships.

There, ive said it.

So who wants a fractal gate, a fibonacci fence or a platonic planter that has grown from geometry rather than just happens to be geometric ?