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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>It’s slightly off topic but I just felt I need to share this.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>A year ago I needed a hernia operation and my doctor prescribed 3 weeks of light duty. As I always found it hard to just sit with idle hands I started fiddling with some of our sawdust and paper briquettes and wood hanging around the compound. One year on and we are now at the stage where we want to put an exhibition together – together with other wood carvings using re-purposed waste wood – to be used to raise awareness, show the beauty of wood and hopefully raise some cash to help us in our work. Maybe this can act as inspiration to someone – wood is not only for burning!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Title: 3 – 2 – 1 – Thunk</b>. Human tenacity and folly. Try and try again (hard to see from this angle, but the guy who just got launched is sticking in the boot, head first)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Materials: Briqettes, Mimosa root for the steps, wooden beads and matchsticks, base cut from an old diseased shade tree.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><img width=353 height=479 id="Picture_x0020_0" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D311EA.397ED830" alt="3-2-1 thunk.jpg"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Title: Hey man – Walk the Talk!</b> Speaks for himself and totally cracks me up…<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Materials: Briquettes for the boots, bits of Mimosa, shaped and glued together, base as above.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><img width=373 height=280 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image004.jpg@01D311E7.56BCAEC0" alt=walk1.jpg><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Title: Building Bridges</b>. The meeting of “black” and “white” across the chasm – no matter how hard it is sometimes, it’s always worth the risk to TRY!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Materials: Briquettes with embedded wire, <span class=hascaption>mounted on a repurposed Umbrella Tree plank and populated by "beadheads" meeting on a rickety bridge made from wire and Mimosa slivers.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=hascaption><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><img width=373 height=280 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image005.jpg@01D311E8.5F184FB0" alt=bridge2.jpg><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Title: Heads or Tales</b>. This one just shows the beauty of natural wood.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Materials: <span class=hascaption>A mimosa chunk cut to reveal the patterns inside, with a noticeable head...mounted on a piece of repurposed redwood roof beam.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=hascaption><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><img width=398 height=240 id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image007.jpg@01D311EA.397ED830" alt="16939681_10154847687182254_3846140343269870221_n.jpg"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>George from the ever shrinking jungle!<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>