HI EVERYONE!
I am currently studying for my final year of a BA in Fine Art Sculpture at the University of Brighton. On June 6th our degree show will open – the culmination of three years of hard work. Over the past months I have become increasingly interested in using trees within my practice. For my most recent work I hollowed out the top of a large section of silver birch, that I was lucky enough to be given, and fill it with water. For my final work I am very keen to do a similar thing however on a much larger scale.
I wanted to know what the protocol was when you fell trees, is there any way I would be able to buy the trunk of a whole tree, or a large section of one from you? To be able to work on a large scale would make the work so much more exciting!
Ideally this would be using silver birch, mainly due to its exquisite bark, however if you have any suggestions of something similar – reasonably straight and not too wide I would be more than grateful to hear them! I am aiming to use 2 sections of trunk that measure approximately 2 m, and have a diameter of somewhere between 20 and 40cm.
Preferably I would like to get the wood sometime within the next 2 weeks, so I have as much time as possible to work on it, and I will be able to organise collection.
If you or anyone you know is able to offer any help I hope to hear from you soon!
Jenny
