Different woodlands contain different species of fungi, each producing their own pattern and colour fingerprints as they breakdown their logs. We are lucky enough to know someone with a woodland that produces world class examples of this natural artwork and in this particular case the very rare organic blue colour. Fallen Beech trees are left on their sides and the fungi first leach out the colour and then proceed to break down the structure of the log.

This blue colour is only ever evident towards the end of the process when the fungi have eaten away so much of the colour and structure that the wood becomes virtually unworkable. Few other woodworkers would try working with at all let alone without using a stabilising resin. But soaking this natural wonder in liquid plastic doesn’t sit well with us so we turn it as it comes to us from the woodland. This does lead to numerous failures where pieces break apart during the making, but when a sculpture does make it through to completion, well, the results speak for themselves.

Once the wood is milled and dried the fungi dies off and beautiful results are locked in place waiting to be revealed by our chisels. Between the time in the woodland and then air drying it can be 6-8 years after the tree came down before we get our hands on this material and our challenge is to make sure that we do it justice and turn something truly beautiful from it.

Vase Height: 23cm tall x 5cm wide with a 12mm diameter core drilled hole approx. 8.5cm deep.

It’s finished with a blend of plant oils and waxes that keep the colour as close as [possible to how it came to us from the woodland.

For dry / ornamental use only