A morning out at log yard

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I'm running short of green wood/logs- I normally have between 3 and 4 tonnes but just lately I've only had a couple at best! so today it was off to one of my friendly tree surgeons yards to see what he had in stock.

Here's a few pics of the yard

I found an Ash tree which by the looks of it had been here/there a few years, I took a small limb which was alongside the main trunk. I cut a couple of inches of the end of a log and the heart wood had some lovely olive figureing.

in these next few pics you can see the main trunk which I've tagged for a latter date and the aftermath of me cutting the smaller logs. 

here are the logs that i collected today- plus around 6 hollow forms blanks (not pictured) which i cut whilst i was at the yard

Hybrid cone boxes and hollow form

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here are three new mini cone boxes and a hollow form with one large pine cone embedded in the centre of the piece

A selection of new forms

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Here is a selection of forms which I've completed recently, the majority of them are olive ash and a couple are spalted beech.

New Hybrid pen blanks

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Here are some new blanks that I've cast recently - they are a mixture of natural edge burr's which include elm burr, york gum burr and rib eye fruit burr.

please visit www.fromthetree.co.uk to see more

Gold leaf platters

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Here are 6 platters that I've made recently, they are all made with rippled olive ash and are 13" to 18" in width.
The leaf is a metal schlag effect in various designs.