Artist carves live trees!!!!

I'm not against trees being used as a resource but if this hobby took off lots of trees could be damaged.

Wonder how the artist' insurance company feels about him turning healthy trees into hazards?

Dan
 
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Wow, that is very artistic. What country is that in?

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Mark,

That is the "Tree of Life" it can be found at Animal Kingdom in Walt Disney World. It is not a real tree.
 
I don't read Japanese; but, I stumbled over this display of insects when I was looking for information on bamboo fences:
http://homepage3.nifty.com/fuj-takeya/koncyu.htm .

Clicked on the "praying mantis" to check it out. Found instructions on how to make one with bits left over from trimming and pruning. The "praying mantis" photo fooled me.

I understand bamboo is a grass and not a tree. So, if you are looking for something to do after mowing the lawn, each insect has instructions! /forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Brian.
 
Many thanks to the forum and those who took time to write the above well thought out replies. Funny thing is I wish we could keep these talented artists busy on logs we leave standing so they leave our live trees alone. We will forever be teaching the public all our Earthly days.
 
Just got this today 4-13-05 as a responce to the e-mail I sent to the magazine.



Randy,



Thank you for taking the time to drop us a note. I apologize for the delayed response – your correspondence was lost in “email limbo” due to an internal technical glitch.



We did have a few responses similar to yours – people that were disappointed in the article. One such letter and the artist’s reply will be published in our next issue’s mailbag section. Colin Partridge states that the carvings he does are commissions and usually done in trees that would be destroyed otherwise. I am a “tree hugger” (please don’t take offense at that term – in my opinion they are the best kind of people) and would not let anyone carve in my trees so I can empathize with your reaction. Colin goes on to state that he takes great pains to protect the trees after he has carved them. Obviously we do not want to promote damaging trees or creating safety risks. I appreciate you taking the time to offer your feedback and will pass it along to our publisher. Thank you.



Shannon Flowers

Administrative Manager

Fox Chapel Publishing

www.FoxChapelPublishing.com

Wood Carving Illustrated

Scroll Saw Workshop

1970 Broad Street

East Petersburg, PA 17520

717-560-4703 ext. 23
 
Does anyone have any pics or feedback from people who have had these carvings done, a few years after the fact? I have to think that these look different after some weathering, checking, and callous tissue start to build up.
 
come on guys,
this sort of action isn't jusifyable, but how much damage do we do to trees everyday in the name of the dollar.
crown thinning, yeh the tree really loves having 1/3 of its branches cut off.
crown reduction, the tree must like being shrunk in size, thats why it grows out the way, so we can cut it back.
fellling, because its better to kill a tree than give it at least half a chance to live.
quite often jobs are sold in this industry as being for the benefit of the tree when they are only of benefit to our pockets. how many people here can't say they have fellled a healthy tree for money? this man damages healthy trees for money, is your arguement purely based on the safety issues or is there some sort of care for the trees here and if so why would you kill a healthy tree just for money?? if you refuse to fell the tree just because its healthly, someone else gets the job, thats why hardly anybody refuses a fell that makes money. what if his situation is the same, if he doesn't carve the tree maybe one of these other carvers will take the job!!
i'm not condoning this kind of action, but lets not be too pretentious about being the guardians of trees.
peace and flexability.
 
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I believe there is some contradiction between comments in this post and this one;

Torn over what to do.

For me this is the difference,

Carving live trees to make money or perform your artistic skills does not do any good to a tree and isnt done in preservation or maintenance for a tree.

Pruning, crown reduction, thinning, cabling, felling, rigging, relocating, or what ever is specific on demand from a tree owner in regard to the tree or surrounding environment. Its us as arborist to make that impact as easy to bear as possible for the tree and provide the tree with the best changes to survive. And yeah, thx God i can make money on it.
 

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Sorry Ronald but,

To me there is a difference between the mutilation of a neighbours tree and getting pissed on by both sides and the euro's I get for a, by the community approved removal, of a sound tree that the OWNER OF THE TREE has asked me to do.

Still, I make my own decision wether I do a removal or not. It's not allways the euro's that tip the scale. My no's have reached the three digits, but still I don't tie myself to a tree so YOU can't take it away. It's just that I don't want to be a part of it.

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