I’ve been working on a commission to make 4 oak benches themed around the oak tree itself. The logs come from a local ancient oak tree that had to be felled for safety reasons during a major road reconstruction. The company offered local people the chance to have some artist created benches in their local green spaces to remember the tree.
Taking on the challenge I decided to create one bench depicting ‘flying creatures’ around the oak. The second bench was given over to the ‘bug habitat’ of the oak and the third bench was all about the animals that live on and around the oak.
First oak bench 
Second Bench 
Third Bench 
carrie on carving 