nurturing a wood culture, growing a future
Two videos of the OneOak Sounding Bowl have been released this week. The first shows the making and turning processes by Tobias Kaye of Sounding Bowl-310, plus a second bowl that unfortunately developed a fatal split during the making process. The second video is of Tobias Kaye playing Bowl-310 to demonstrate its beautiful deep melodic…
The authors of The New Sylva are looking for a good example of a forest-grown wild cherry tree for illustration by our Artist in Residence Sarah Simblet. Visit The New Sylva website to find out more.
We have introduced a new sandbox mode to the myForest woodland owner account. An account in sandbox mode allows you to try myForest without creating any live data. Perfect for students, or anybody who wants to see what myForest can offer. Sandbox mode can be turned on or off at any time. Register for a sandbox…
Last week we posted the story of a Sounding Bowl made by Tobias Kaye as part of our OneOak project. We asked Tobias to tell us more about his work and inspiration. Here are his words. The making of Sounding Bowl 310 I should mention that not all of any tree is worthy of…
Our OneOak exhibition at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, which opened in September 2011, has been extended a further month. It will remain open until Sunday 29th April. We are delighted that the Museum have decided to continue their support for the Exhibition. Initially a three month stay, the OneOak Exhibition will end…
As part of the LEADER funded project to support woodland owners and managers in the Southern Oxfordshire LAG area, the Sylva Foundation, Oxfordshire Woodland Project, the Forestry Commission and ONCF are holding this day event on the 20th March 2012. In the morning Richard Pain from the Forestry Commission will discuss how woodland owners and…
2012 is an exciting year for the OneOak project as the dried timber is now with dozens of craftspeople who are working on making many diverse items. We are building up towards several major exhibitions later in the year, at which we will be bringing together the art, the science, and for the first time,…
We recently noticed that quite a few myForest users have registered for both an agent account to manage their clients, and a business account to promote their business. Rather than use two separate accounts, we thought it would be easier if users could access business functions from their agent accounts. From now on then, all users of…
Kirsty Monk, our Sylva Scholar, has joined forces with a local school to bring science to life for the children, and in return they will help Kirsty in her studies. Kirsty, in collaboration with Mrs Geerthi Ahilan, Science co-ordinator at St Ebbe’s C.E. (Aided) Primary School have won a Royal Society Partnership Grant, worth £2896…
Sarah Simblet, Sylva’s Artist in Residence, has completed her first drawing. It will be featured in The New Sylva book to be published by Bloomsbury in 2014. She talks about the work on the author’s dedicated book blog at www.NewSylva.com
