tree house

Tree House

In back of the main art building there was a great tree on the side of the cemetery that looked out over the parking deck and Thomas Street. It had a long tall narrow hole into its center that rose forty feet and was topped by two branches that had crossed, grown together and been trimmed so that they formed the lintel to a beautiful gothic doorway into the tree. Such magic and then it was cut down. I would try to put it back.
Cutting up another tree, I let the blade of the chainsaw wander from side to side, reminiscent of a branch growing up to sunlight. Soon I had a stack of twenty-foot long wavy boards with bark on one side. Perfect.

Back on site, I walked around the five foot in diameter ring that was left. The center of the tree was eaten out and there was this slot on one side where bark had curled in around the edges. There would be the door. I cut notches around the outside and slipped in boards. Pushing them up into place I nailed them together. Now I wove in members that tilted to the right and nailed them in place. As I worked my way up I had to climb up onto the structure with the next twenty-foot board in tow.

Soon I had finished the vessel.

Above, you can see how the top of the reconstructed tree fall into the same lean as the roof of the Fine Arts Building in the background.
To the left is the gothic doorway.

Built in Athens, GA's oldest cemetary, overlooking it's newest parking deck.
Out the door , you can see the parking deck to the right.

Below, looking down to the loamy ground.

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In back of the main art building there was a great tree on the side of the cemetery that looked out over the parking deck and Thomas Street. It had a long tall narrow hole into its center that rose forty feet and was topped by two branches that had crossed, grown together and been trimmed so that they formed the lintel to a beautiful gothic doorway into the tree. Such magic and then it was cut down. I would try to put it back. Cutting up another tree, I let the blade of the chainsaw wander from side to side, reminiscent of a branch growing up to sunlight. Soon I had a stack of twenty-foot long wavy boards with bark on one side. Perfect. Back on site, I walked around the five foot in diameter ring that was left. The center of the tree was eaten out and there was this slot on one side where bark had curled in around the edges. There would be the door. I cut notches around the outside and slipped in boards. Pushing them up into place I nailed them together. Now I wove in members that tilted to the right and nailed them in place. As I worked my way up I had to climb up onto the structure with the next twenty-foot board in tow. Soon I had finished the vessel.


	Above, you can see how the top of the reconstructed tree fall into the same lean as the roof of the Fine Arts Building in the background. To the left is the gothic doorway.
			Built in Athens, GA's oldest cemetary, overlooking it's newest parking deck. Out the door , you can see the parking deck to the right. Below, looking down to the loamy ground.



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