working with large timber

deb and i have a new public art commission on the go. it involves working with really large timber. we started by purchasing the long timber beam on the third shelf down in the above page from our favorite salvage yard. 

then the council we are working for donated 2 large bits of tree they had cut down to the project.

 

they are massive

 

here is s photo of me next to the timber to give you a sense of scale.

 

then we were at a timber yard one day and happened across this pile of large logs. it was our lucky day because we were able to buy the wood in the above photo for $50! bargain!

 

and finally we were able to pick up this lot of wood, from a person in my neighbourhood, who had a wood pile in the front yard. we arranged to pick through and take what we wanted for $100! 

now we have all this timber sitting int he side yard at our studio ready to for us to get started.

 

the job is due in January, and we need the side yard cleared by mid February for a function we are having at the studio, so Deb and I hope that in the next 22 days before christmas break we can get most of the work on these large bits of timber done

 

then we will be ready for install in January. more on what we are using the timber for as we work on the project.