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[jamesontheverge]

first rough cut throne.

  oddly , freshish sequoia smells of raw turnip !

[noodle24]

it will be good to see

[rexclark]

Looks cool.

[Staberinde]

Great thread James, keep the pics coming

[rhysieg]

i notice the pictures are dated from 2008??

have you been working on this for 2 years?? you mustve finished by now surely?

[dan05delaney]

rhysieg, on Apr 26 2010, 06:53 PM, said:

i notice the pictures are dated from 2008??

have you been working on this for 2 years?? you mustve finished by now surely?

or it could be his camera broke and he hasn't changed the settings again

[Block of Mud]

This is a well interesting thread! More!

[jamesontheverge]

rhysieg, on Apr 26 2010, 06:53 PM, said:

i notice the pictures are dated from 2008??

have you been working on this for 2 years?? you mustve finished by now surely?

  oops  

i think i need to look at the camera settings...the tree was only felled last summer !

[jamesontheverge]

still at it. its starting to feel that ive got to climb Everest in the next seven weeks and the weather does not help. luckily i've a diamond geezer as a helping hand. strong as an ox and an expert sander. was supposed to surf the bore this mprning but couldn't afford the time off... here's a pic of some of the top sections of the tree. hoping to turn a piece of it into an acoustic egg chiar.

yours ,
sawdusty, j

[Staberinde]

jamesontheverge, on Apr 29 2010, 10:54 PM, said:

hoping to turn a piece of it into an acoustic egg chiar.

An acoustic egg chair ??? I love the sound of that.

Can't wait to see it

[jamesontheverge]

this morning i collected an interesting hollow ash stick from on top of the hill above the festival site (turn up hill next to the Pilton Stores) although it looks small in the pic it is actually 9 feet long and tapers from almost 5 feet wide down to about 3 feet. not quite sure what to do with it yet , but as it is so local to the festival i would love to get it there this year....suggestions?........couldnt see any sign of any fence yet.
   will try to take a photo of the site from the top of the hill in the morning as i am collecting some Yew from the same place.

[jamesontheverge]

milk carton in last pic to give idea of scale

[JodiB]

The cross-section and the inside looks really cool. The shape is interesting too.   Why not cut a slice for use as a stand for a table and use a glass top.  You could maybe even light it from the bottom so when sat at the table you can look at the illuminated interior of the wood.

Just an idea,  good luck with it and hope to see it this year whatever you do with it.

Edited by JodiB, 12 May 2010 - 10:39 PM.

[LittlemissC]

beautiful pieces of wood - look forward to their development James
Mirrors with the hollow wood?

[Thatmax]

wow! can't wait to see how it progresses over time. You have an amazing job!

[Ponyegg]

The cross section of the hollow Ash 'stick' is amazing, i love the Mandelbrot style swirlings in the bottom/left of the insides.

[guypjfreak]

jamesontheverge, on May 12 2010, 08:23 PM, said:

this morning i collected an interesting hollow ash stick from on top of the hill above the festival site (turn up hill next to the Pilton Stores) although it looks small in the pic it is actually 9 feet long and tapers from almost 5 feet wide down to about 3 feet. not quite sure what to do with it yet , but as it is so local to the festival i would love to get it there this year....suggestions?........couldnt see any sign of any fence yet.
   will try to take a photo of the site from the top of the hill in the morning as i am collecting some Yew from the same place.

hey old son did you ever find out who nabbed one of your mushroom heads ? i was amazed some one would do that .
how about turning the hollowed tree into a big wishing well with a grate ect and donate the money to a charity of your choice old son  

[FunkyMonkey]

How exciting - looks like you've got a lot of work to do in the next few weeks!!

Looking forward to that photo of the festival site too.

Thanks!

[llcoolphil]

Im clearly out of a well known loop here. Im guessing James is a wood carver and does some amazing carvings on site? Am I close?

[abu hamster]

jamesontheverge, on Apr 25 2010, 07:48 PM, said:

thick bits for legs, thin bits for rails. it has to be stacked with spacers so it all drys out evenly.

Wooden Monorail!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!