Day 8 Waiting Game

We were expecting materials to arrive from Dublin today which didn't arrive. This delayed progress but we spent our time working on the tree and the exhibition.

Day 7 Easy Day

Had a great night last night, we went to a session in the Islanders Rest Hotel hence the late breakfast and easy day on Sunday. After breakfast we went to the community hall to prepare for the exhibition and remainder of the day was spent preparing work for it.

Day 6 Chisel, Grind and Score

Weather today was warm and bright. We finished cutting, sanding and flattening the apertures. We continued to shape the tree using the angle grinder and chisels.

Day 5 Deconstruction

Changeable weather today. Bernadette Burns gave us permission to use the aluminum from her old caravan. This was collected, then sanitized and cut into pieces for the apertures. We worked on this in groups, meanwhile the tree was being continuously sanded. Colin came back to help us shape the tree.

Day 4 Grind Some More

Storm from Day 3 has cleared and the angle grinder was set up. All day we worked on curving areas of the tree to create a form.

Photo by Sarah Standing
John demonstrating the angle grinder

Photo by Sarah Standing
Lisa smoothing surface

photo by Eleanor Mc Caughey
The Silver Strand

At lunchtime we adventured around the island in search of recyclable materials, and along the way we discovered the beautiful beaches of Sherkin Island.

Day 3 The First Cut

Fresh morning. We de-barked the tree throughout the day, using chainsaws, axes and hatchets. Later in the evening we revised the plans and came up with improved ideas.

Day 2 The Chain Saw Warrior

We were lucky with the weather today, we woke at 5am to see the spectacular sunrise...

After breakfast we went down to the site to find Colin attacking the tree with a chain saw, that was pretty spectacular as well!!

The rest of the day was spent clearing the site and laying down the sleepers giving us footing for next days work.