Travelling well into Cornwall this evening to give a presentation on the Pinwill sisters and their amazing woodcarving to Probus Historic Cornwall Society.
I've got plenty to tell them about Pinwill work in their area and there's no doubt I'll have much to learn from them too.
Thrilled to see a paper I've been working on for a long time finally published. It provides much of the context for the Pinwill sisters in terms of the architectural milieu from which they emerged.
'Sisters and Brothers: the Pinwill and Sedding Dynasties of Woodcarvers and Architects' in: Joshua Mardell (ed) Victorian Architecture & Dynasticism (2025)
Β£25 from The Victorian Society:
https://www.victoriansociety.org.uk/shop/publications/studies-in-victorian-architecture-and-design/victorian-architecture-and-dynasticism-studies-in-victorian-architecture-design-volume-nine/
Weare, Somerset
Superb carving on the choir stalls at St Gregory's church by the three Pinwill sisters, Mary, Ethel and Violet, to the naturalistic designs of architect Edmund H. Sedding, as part of a general restoration in 1905. Image taken during a recent first time visit, a thrilling experience.
The Remarkable Pinwill Sisters
Anyone in or around the Falmouth area of Cornwall, it would be great to see you at my presentation on The Remarkable Pinwill Sisters next week at 6pm. Looking forward to it immensely.
https://thepoly.org/whats-on/event/3598/the-remarkable-pinwill-sisters
Plympton St Mary, Devon
Bench end exquisitly carved by Mary, Ethel and Violet Pinwill in 1898, a few years after they had set up their own ecclesiastical woodcarving business. It features a spider in her web within a briar.
Lanteglos by Fowey, Cornwall
Choir stall bench end carved by Ethel and Violet Pinwill and designed by Edmund H Sedding for the restoration of 1903-06. Wonderful example of the exuberant and naturalistic Arts & Crafts work produced by them.
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Dr Helen Wilson