This project was inspired by a photo I took of a tree visible from my backyard. Looking at Foresters websites online and using their tree age calculators, I have estimated its age to be over 300 years old! It difficult to see in the photo, but its circumference is 212 inches! It boggles the mind to think of generations of people who have come across this tower of a tree. How many children have climbed its limbs and played in its shade? How many creatures have called this ‘home’? How many countless storms has it endured to remain standing strong to this day?
My interpretation of this tree is made of reclaimed fence wood. My neighbors replaced their fence and the contractors had it loaded in the truck and were headed to the the dump. They were nice enough to dump it in my driveway instead! The process of transforming this once pristine wood into a usable board is a dusty job! After days of sorting, sawing, planing and sanding, the end result is… the Tree of Life.
What a mess! I really need a dust collection system!
