We were contacted through our website by a interior designer that has asked us for help supplying her with some exceptionally unusual timber for a bespoke modern wall art. It will consist of twenty four pieces of hand selected free form timber, once this is commissioned this will become a stunning focal point within the property.
After several e mails to our customer we have now arranged a meeting at one of our suppliers, so that she can hand pick her own individual pieces, due to the fact that she was not really sure on the type of wood she required or indeed the shape or thickness that was needed for her project, these photos are the ideas that she had but did not want all the pieces in the same timber.
After our site visit next we will upload new photos of timber chosen and work in progress.
20.11.09. Today we had a meeting with the interior designer and she has hand picked a number of lengths ofsolid wood Pippy oak timber, this is to be taken back to our workshop and will be worked on for several weeks to achieve a stunning modern wooden wall art/ collage, the timber is to keep all its bark for a natural look and will be finished in wax to allow the wood to move and twist when it is mounted on the wall, which is the look that the interior designer is looking for. 23.11.09. The picture we have taken does not give any indication of size, however these four pieces are 3 metres in lenght with the largest slab being over 2 foot accross, at present due to their rough sawn finish it is very difficult to see the fantastic figuring and cats paw graining on this English Oak.
The pieces will be treated for boring insects and woodworm prior to sanding and securing the original bark onto the slabs as requested by the customer, so we retain the natural effect the client is after. It is a process that will take many hours but is totally necessary as the pieces will shrink slightly once introduced to a heated environment
The pieces have now been sanded and the bark has been secured with dowls so that they cannot move or fall off once placed in situe, we are going to finish the pieces in a specially formulated resin to make them appear as if encased in glass.
These are close up pictures of the pieces after they have been sanded and prepared, more pictures will follow once the pieces have been finished.
Now with the pieces finished as shown in the picture above, they will be packaged ready for collection, once installed they will become a fantastic focal point in a Monor house in the midlands.
