{"id":5857,"date":"2019-10-21T20:27:14","date_gmt":"2019-10-21T20:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stichler.co.uk\/?p=5857"},"modified":"2019-10-21T20:27:14","modified_gmt":"2019-10-21T20:27:14","slug":"a-carving-lovely-as-a-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stichler.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/10\/21\/a-carving-lovely-as-a-tree\/","title":{"rendered":"A Carving Lovely as a Tree?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On to the next Sewerby Hall Woodland Walk panel, and a popular verse adorns this one:                                                                                                             &#8220;I think that I shall never see                                                                                                                                                              A poem lovely as a tree&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To illustrate the wording I carved some instantly recognisable leaves ~ from a willow tree and a sycamore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/stichler.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_20191005_154942-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5859\" data-link=\"http:\/\/stichler.co.uk\/?attachment_id=5859\" class=\"wp-image-5859\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/stichler.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_20191005_155003-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5861\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stichler.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_20191005_155003-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.stichler.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_20191005_155003-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.stichler.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_20191005_155003-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stichler.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_20191005_155003-53x70.jpg 53w, https:\/\/www.stichler.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_20191005_155003-500x667.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.stichler.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_20191005_155003.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I decided to attempt to carve a section of a monkey puzzle branch at the other end of the panel ~ it had to be done, as a tribute to the life of the huge old tree which had been so sadly missed by the visitors to Sewerby Hall. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was a bit apprehensive about the carving  ~ looking closely at the branches, the leaf segments were thin and protruded quite precariously; I was a little nervous that there might be some breakages or that the carving wouldn&#8217;t stand the test of time.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/stichler.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_20191005_133114-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5863\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stichler.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_20191005_133114-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.stichler.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_20191005_133114-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.stichler.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_20191005_133114-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stichler.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_20191005_133114-53x70.jpg 53w, https:\/\/www.stichler.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_20191005_133114-500x667.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.stichler.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_20191005_133114.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/stichler.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG-20191008-WA00032-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5865\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stichler.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG-20191008-WA00032-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.stichler.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG-20191008-WA00032-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stichler.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG-20191008-WA00032-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.stichler.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG-20191008-WA00032-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.stichler.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG-20191008-WA00032-70x53.jpg 70w, https:\/\/www.stichler.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG-20191008-WA00032-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.stichler.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG-20191008-WA00032.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m not convinced I managed to get it completely right, but I&#8217;m not sure I could have done it much different either! At least I&#8217;m confident there&#8217;ll be no breakages as I was careful not to do much undercutting on the leaf segments and kept everything as chunky as I could.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/stichler.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG-20191002-WA0005-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5867\" data-link=\"http:\/\/stichler.co.uk\/?attachment_id=5867\" class=\"wp-image-5867\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stichler.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG-20191002-WA0005-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.stichler.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG-20191002-WA0005-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.stichler.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG-20191002-WA0005-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stichler.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG-20191002-WA0005-53x70.jpg 53w, https:\/\/www.stichler.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG-20191002-WA0005-500x667.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.stichler.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG-20191002-WA0005.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On to the next Sewerby Hall Woodland Walk panel, and a popular verse adorns this one: &#8220;I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree&#8221; To illustrate the wording I carved some instantly recognisable leaves ~ from a willow tree and a sycamore. 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