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Poor Frank Raw

@poorfrankraw.co.uk

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Hand carved, often sweary, lettering on stone. Brace yourself. Retired silversmith. Recovering geek. Churchcrawler. Memento Mori. Nobody gets out of here alive. www.poorfrankraw.co.uk/shop

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Poor Frank Raw @poorfrankraw.co.uk · Apr 8

Just a reminder that if you want to spend an hour or two watching me bothering limestone and slate, here you go: youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Hand carved lettering on stone - YouTube

The Romans left us some sublime hand carved lettering which is still the basis of hand carved letters today. Yes, it is still done, just the way the Romans d...

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Derek Binns @arnoldtortoise.bsky.social · 1h

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Poor Frank Raw @poorfrankraw.co.uk · 2h

NOPE/NO sold for a donation to www.salivaryglandcancer.uk

More pieces always available in the shop, for immediate UK shipping: www.poorfrankraw.co.uk/shop

Hand carved #lettering on Hopton Wood limestone. NOPE on one face, NO on the other.

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Poor Frank Raw @poorfrankraw.co.uk · 11h

Thought for the day:

Lord Arse! 🕹️ @lordarse.com · 11h

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Ruth Siddall @pavementgeology.bsky.social · 12h

I do have a marble arse and I’m very proud of it. Thoroughly recommended.

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Poor Frank Raw @poorfrankraw.co.uk · 13h

Other swears are available.

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Poor Frank Raw @poorfrankraw.co.uk · 14h

Some of the people I follow here post erudite work towards their PhDs, books, research - all kinds of top intellectual content. I post my arses. Funny old world.

Poor Frank Raw @poorfrankraw.co.uk · 14h

Just some arses. Enjoy.

Hand carved #lettering on stone. Arse. Welsh slate.

Hand carved #lettering on stone. Arse. Italian marble.

Hand carved #lettering on stone. Arse. Hopton Wood limestone.

Hand carved #lettering on stone. Arse. Aurisina limestone.

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Poor Frank Raw @poorfrankraw.co.uk · 14h

Just some arses. Enjoy.

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Poor Frank Raw @poorfrankraw.co.uk · 15h

Ahh. Up West. I was all over the E End, from Aldgate East to East Ham, and finally a couple of years in New Cross, but I can confirm that after 36 years in Derbyshire I amn't going back. Other than for social purposes obvs. I get invites to some nice do's at Goldsmiths' Hall ⭐

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Poor Frank Raw @poorfrankraw.co.uk · 16h

I wasn't a regular, I was generally in the pubs in Whitechapel, but the Prospect was quieter and had more atmosphere in you fancied a change. We were usu in the Hungerford Arms on Commercial Road, or Grave Maurice or Blind Beggar either side of Whitechapel tube.

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Poor Frank Raw @poorfrankraw.co.uk · 17h

Ooh it's a few years since I was in the Prospect. I'm thinking close to 40...

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Poor Frank Raw @poorfrankraw.co.uk · 17h

Progress on the scattered alphabet on Welsh slate.

Partially complete alphabet, hand carved #lettering on the easel. Letters arranged in random size and orientation.

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Poor Frank Raw @poorfrankraw.co.uk · 1d

Close your eyes when you hear the tap of a hammer on a chisel. Thankfully it doesn't last long.

Poor Frank Raw @poorfrankraw.co.uk · 1d

Anyone watching Celebrity Traitors? (UK). If you have ever watched any of my letter carving videos you may need to brace yourself at 9 mins into the first episode. Reader, I cried. Well, screamed actually.

youtu.be/xjbuXnuQN8A?...

A large hand carved letter I

YouTube video by Frank Raw

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 2d

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

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Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 3d

Not going to lie, this would totally change my life. Not specifically because it would give me ‘more money’, but it would regularise my income in a way that’d mean I could work in a more organised and sensible way on a broader range of projects.

Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 3d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Celine Camps @celinecamps.bsky.social · 3d

#SkyStorians, I'm looking for #MedievalSky and #EarlyModern paintings, engravings & other visual sources that depict screws.
(N.B. I'm not looking for depictions of screws in technical sources on this topic).
If anyone has come or comes across them, I'd love to know! #HistSci #HistTech #ArtHistory

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Poor Frank Raw @poorfrankraw.co.uk · 4d

Yeah :( It's a terrible hack.

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hnpathguy.bsky.social @hnpathguy.bsky.social · 6d

At salivary gland cancer day #SGCDay at Manchester Art Gallery.

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use MY data @usemydata.bsky.social · 8d

Salivary gland cancer is rare, but raising awareness can lead to earlier diagnosis and better outcomes.
However, research is decades behind other cancers.
Sharing data is vital to inform understanding and develop effective treatments & therapies.
www.salivaryglandcancer.uk
#SGCDay
#UseMyData

Graphic image promoting Salivary Gland Cancer Day, 4th October. Silhouette of two people hugging on a turquoise/blue background and a multi-coloured ribbon. Additional text reads: Once Community, One Cause: Standing together in solidarity for positive change.

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Poor Frank Raw @poorfrankraw.co.uk · 6d

Today is Salivary Gland Cancer day. 11 years ago I had an SGC tumour treated by the NHS. These tumours are rare, hard to treat & have a poor prognosis so I am lucky to be here. I'll be selling some #lettering to raise money for SGC research soon... #SGCDay

www.salivaryglandcancer.uk/support-sgc-...

Salivary Gland Cancer day, 4 October, #SGCDay

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Poor Frank Raw @poorfrankraw.co.uk · 6d

Got a busy few days ahead so I won't be getting any further with this til mid next week. Scattered alphabet on Welsh slate.

A partly carved #alphabet with letters is various sizes and orientations on a 30cm square of Welsh slate.

#lettering

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Felicity Hannah @felicityhannah.bsky.social · 6d

This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.

Article reads:
Woman named as Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first

The 63-year-old archbishop-designate is married to Eamonn Mullally, with whom she has two children. Originally from Woking in Surrey, she was the UK's chief nursing officer from 1999 to 2004.

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Poor Frank Raw @poorfrankraw.co.uk · 7d

tbf it was a LONG time ago.

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 8d

Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later.

harpers.org/archive/1941...

Who Goes Nazi?, by Dorothy Thompson

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