Old Mr Oakley

[wisewood]

Officially opened yesterday at Riverhead park, Sevenoaks.

25ft Ent, carved from an oak monolith.

[Steve Bullman]

Thats just brilliant Simon

[wisewood]

Thanks Steve [emoji106]

[billpierce]

Yeah nice one! Did you use scaff?

[wisewood]

Yeah nice one! Did you use scaff?

Thanks Bill, yes it needed three levels mate. Carved it last month and yesterday was the first time I’d seen it without the scaffolding.

[Stephen Blair]

That's huge!
Nice 1 Si!

[wisewood]

Cheers Stephen, yes mate, he’s a big old ent

[gobbypunk]

Hi , thats ace how long did it take you , did you have drawings to work from or did you just have a sortof plan in your head  , I quite often just have a sort of plan in my head and just go for it however you did it its F##ing Ace

[eggsarascal]

It's a cracker Simon.

 

Just how I would of done it.....

[wisewood]

Hi , thats ace how long did it take you , did you have drawings to work from or did you just have a sortof plan in your head  , I quite often just have a sort of plan in my head and just go for it however you did it its F##ing Ace

Thanks mate,
I had a concept sketch which was submitted as part of my bid for the commission. It’s loosely based on that but had to make changes on the fly due to rot pockets etc.
Took 12 x 10hr days over 2 weeks, had first Sunday off to recharge my batteries and drove back home the following Sunday. It was a fantastic job but was a long time away from home and the family.