Sculpture management

[David Humphries]

Good set of photos of what looked like quite a delicet sort of job, its good to see that effort is being made to use the tree and then re use the sculpture when the time comes unlike a few around me that have simpaly rotted away.

Loving that little mog and treelife look a very pro company, nice one.

 

Delicate for sure, there would have been a big uproar had it been felled.

This way we have bought it a fairly long stay of execution.

Will be continuing the decay assessment with regular inspection.

 

TreeLife are a very pro outfit, which I can highly recommend

 

 

 

The bonus of the outcome is that we now have not just one sculptural entity but three

 

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[bob]

Nice vid and pics

[David Humphries]

Nice vid and pics

 

Cheers Bob, has your LA comissioned sculptures during more comfortable times that are now at that stage of degredation?

 

If so are they monitored on any sort of regime?

 

Guess its a bit like monoliths in public areas.

 

 

 

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[David Humphries]

although the mog was the true star of the show (though the camera man/b movie actor, would have us believe otherwise:001_rolleyes:) it has to be said that old Baloo pitched in with a few good cameos himself

 

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[Nick Harrison]

couple more pics here of the job...from the aerial shot you can see the surrounding kiddies playground which made this job essential due to safety issues but also made it a very sensitive job too. I have friends who take their children to this park and the sculpture is a much appreciated feature enjoyed by both kids and adults, which meant we really had to get it right. hopefully now the remaining 3 sculptures will be in-situ for a good deal more time for everyone to enjoy.

 

 

 

As David has already said, Treelife were a valuable contributor to getting the job done ....for me it was great to be involved, was just a shame that technical problems (translated means cameraman didn't check the camera was still rolling ) meant the second big cut wasn't captured on film.

 

 

All in all a good day working on a spec that will most probably not come up again, great experience for all...and hopefully for the general public who will get to still enjoy the amazing carving work that just about covers every inch of the sculpture

[David Humphries]

.......was just a shame that technical problems (translated means cameraman didn't check the camera was still rolling ) meant the second big cut wasn't captured on film.

 

Ammatuer

 

 

 

 

 

Nice context shots

[David Humphries]

If anyone's 'interested' here are a few of the resistograph recordings of the butress decay.

 

All 12 butressess were drilled, the below are a cross section of the them

 

 

 

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[Guss109]

Nice thread and great photos. How does the resistograph actually work?

[David Humphries]

Nice thread and great photos. How does the resistograph actually work?

 

Very basically the resistograph is a micro drill (in this case a 40cm long 1.5 -3mm diameter needle/drill) that measures the drilling resistance against the wood as it goes through.

 

 

The graphs read right to left.

 

Depending on the resistance met you can read where the decay starts by where the reading drops off.

 

 

Below is the brown rot of Laetiporus on oak, you can see & read where the needle encounters the decay & then in to sound unaffected wood again.

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[josharb87]

Awesome pic set and loved the music!

 

How'd you decide on the amount to be taken off?

Is there any way you can estimate the amount if future decay?