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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 · 2d
DUTCH AUCTION in support of salivaryglandcancer.uk

In my shop, this piece is priced at £165. At noon every day (BST) the price drops by £10, until it sells.

First DM gets it. UK shipping only.

Half of what you pay will go to SGC UK.

Please repost for widest coverage. Thank you :)
Hand carved #lettering on Hopton Wood limestone. I AM WHAT I AM.
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Poor Frank Raw @poorfrankraw.co.uk · 16h
At least their ASS gets a mention. Must have been quite something to be referenced on the headstone.
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Poor Frank Raw @poorfrankraw.co.uk · 16h
Youtube offers me suggestions ("inspiration") on what I should cover in my next video. Their *A*I* slop machine still has no idea what actual words are though 🙄
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Poor Frank Raw @poorfrankraw.co.uk · 16h
PS, you can see me finishing off carving this piece here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTUq...
Pt 6: More carving, plus filled lettering
YouTube video by Frank Raw
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Poor Frank Raw @poorfrankraw.co.uk · 17h
Long time ago fortunately so the physical scar has healed but I'm sure the buried trauma remains 😬
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Poor Frank Raw @poorfrankraw.co.uk · 17h
Mrs Raw learned a life lesson that day.
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Poor Frank Raw @poorfrankraw.co.uk · 18h
One of ours got a bone stuck in her mouth. I held cat, wrapped in a towel, facing away from me. Mrs Raw bravely poked a finger into the cat's mouth to pull out the bone. Cat bit clean through Mrs Raw's fingernail with the sound of a hole-punch going through 20 sheets of paper.
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Poor Frank Raw @poorfrankraw.co.uk · 18h
Everyone likes a bargain ;)
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Poor Frank Raw @poorfrankraw.co.uk · 19h
Also, never argue with a Siamese. Bad things happen.
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Poor Frank Raw @poorfrankraw.co.uk · 19h
£145
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Poor Frank Raw @poorfrankraw.co.uk · 2d
DUTCH AUCTION in support of salivaryglandcancer.uk

In my shop, this piece is priced at £165. At noon every day (BST) the price drops by £10, until it sells.

First DM gets it. UK shipping only.

Half of what you pay will go to SGC UK.

Please repost for widest coverage. Thank you :)
Hand carved #lettering on Hopton Wood limestone. I AM WHAT I AM.
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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 22h
In St Patrick's Cathedral on the Rock of Cashel in County Tipperary #stoneworksunday
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Stephanie @stitchingstephanie.bsky.social · 3d
#31DaysofGraves 9: Hand ✋

Classic clasped hands on the monument for Angelina G. and George Stewart Sr. at Oakland #Cemetery in #Atlanta, #Georgia.

George was considered a pioneer citizen, coming to the city in 1853 and doing contract work for the railroads.

#claspedhands #cemeterysymbols #history
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Poor Frank Raw @poorfrankraw.co.uk · 1d
Although, full disclosure, I will be giving all that was mortal of me to the hospital where I was treated l, to do with as they wish. Including having me stuffed and mounted in the students' union.
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Poor Frank Raw @poorfrankraw.co.uk · 1d
Shades of Jeremy Bentham.
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Poor Frank Raw @poorfrankraw.co.uk · 1d
Not creepy as fuck at all. Oh no.
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Poor Frank Raw @poorfrankraw.co.uk · 1d
Ahh no, I'm thinking of a different nun. More skeletal. Yours must have had a great skin care routine.
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Poor Frank Raw @poorfrankraw.co.uk · 1d
I have a feeling I have a photo of her head somewhere.....
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Poor Frank Raw @poorfrankraw.co.uk · 1d
Must must must go back.
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Poor Frank Raw @poorfrankraw.co.uk · 1d
We did Florence and Siena a few years ago. Utterly stunning.
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Poor Frank Raw @poorfrankraw.co.uk · 1d
Want.
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Poor Frank Raw @poorfrankraw.co.uk · 1d
The sound inside my head:
Hand carved #lettering on Welsh slate. A scattered alphabet.
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Poor Frank Raw @poorfrankraw.co.uk · 1d
Indeed. Accept no substitute!
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£155...
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Poor Frank Raw @poorfrankraw.co.uk · 2d
DUTCH AUCTION in support of salivaryglandcancer.uk

In my shop, this piece is priced at £165. At noon every day (BST) the price drops by £10, until it sells.

First DM gets it. UK shipping only.

Half of what you pay will go to SGC UK.

Please repost for widest coverage. Thank you :)
Hand carved #lettering on Hopton Wood limestone. I AM WHAT I AM.
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Shawn Hennessey ☀️🍷 @sevillatapas.bsky.social · 2d
In Spanish MAYÚCULAS and minúsculas.
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 2d
Printing presses kept their letters in cases.

Capital letters went in the upper case.
Smaller letters went in the lower case.

This is why we say ‘UPPER CASE’ and ‘lower case.’

Ok, but what did we call them before the invention of the printing press?

MAJUSCULE and minuscule.
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Poor Frank Raw @poorfrankraw.co.uk · 2d
DUTCH AUCTION in support of salivaryglandcancer.uk

In my shop, this piece is priced at £165. At noon every day (BST) the price drops by £10, until it sells.

First DM gets it. UK shipping only.

Half of what you pay will go to SGC UK.

Please repost for widest coverage. Thank you :)
Hand carved #lettering on Hopton Wood limestone. I AM WHAT I AM.
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Poor Frank Raw @poorfrankraw.co.uk · 2d
Terrifying 😱
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