Today I brought in a very interesting piece of wood that my friend Bonnie gave me. It was destined for the fire I think but it is now going to be my next project instead. After much discussion in the class it was decided that it is laburnum.
The thing I like about it is that under the thin, dark bark it has a pale outer ring of wood and inside that it has a dark centre. I hope to use this as part of the sculpture.
My first job was to strip the bark off, not very difficult.
When all the bark was off I put some maskign tape around the log. The plan is to chisel down to the dark, inner wood in between the tape. Then I will leave the light outer wood where the tape is.
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