Sunday, July 5, 2015

Totem Tree

Platform builder and helpers
Phil strips off bark
When our tree guys cut down our dying ohia trees last week, we asked them to just top a couple of them, thinking that maybe they would become garden art of some kind.  Today we decided to take the left over logs and build a platform so that the resident wood artist would have something to stand on while carving.


There were lots of 2-3 foot lengths we could use to build up around the base of the tree that we stabilized by pounding re-bar around them so they would not roll or slide.  Then we placed sheets of plywood on the top, leveled it all, and screwed down the plywood for a platform.

 It will be fun to see just "who" or "what" is in the tree wanting to come out. Phil has not worked with anything this size for a long time and is looking forward to the project.








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