{"id":6685,"date":"2015-04-29T08:56:20","date_gmt":"2015-04-29T07:56:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/blog\/?p=6685"},"modified":"2015-04-29T08:56:20","modified_gmt":"2015-04-29T07:56:20","slug":"wood-centre-sign-takes-shape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/wood-centre-sign-takes-shape\/","title":{"rendered":"Wood Centre sign takes shape"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have commissioned one our tenants at the Sylva Wood Centre &#8211; Rodas Irving of <em>Oxford Oak<\/em> &#8211; to design and build a sculptural entrance sign for our newly opened-centre for innovation and enterprise.<\/p>\n<p>We won&#8217;t yet reveal the design in full, but here is a sneak preview of progress so far.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<style type='text\/css'>\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='dt-gallery-container gallery galleryid-6685 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"rollover rollover-zoom dt-pswp-item\" title=\"Local oak sourced for the Sylva Wood Centre entrance sign\" data-dt-img-description=\"Local oak sourced for the Sylva Wood Centre entrance sign\" data-large_image_width=\"2560\" data-large_image_height=\"1920\"href='https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSCF7060-scaled.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSCF7060-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Local oak sourced for the Sylva Wood Centre entrance sign\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6686\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSCF7060-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSCF7060-scaled-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSCF7060-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSCF7060-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSCF7060-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSCF7060-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6686'>\n\t\t\t\t\tLocal oak sourced for the Sylva Wood Centre entrance sign\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"rollover rollover-zoom dt-pswp-item\" title=\"Shaping the uprights for the Sylva Wood Centre entrance sign\" data-dt-img-description=\"Shaping the uprights for the Sylva Wood Centre entrance sign\" data-large_image_width=\"2560\" data-large_image_height=\"1920\"href='https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSCF7185-scaled.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSCF7185-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Shaping the uprights for the Sylva Wood Centre entrance sign\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6687\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSCF7185-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSCF7185-scaled-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSCF7185-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSCF7185-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSCF7185-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSCF7185-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6687'>\n\t\t\t\t\tShaping the uprights for the Sylva Wood Centre entrance sign\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"rollover rollover-zoom dt-pswp-item\" title=\"The lettering for the Sylva Wood Centre entrance sign\" data-dt-img-description=\"The lettering for the Sylva Wood Centre entrance sign\" data-large_image_width=\"2560\" data-large_image_height=\"1920\"href='https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/TSQ77006-16-02-2015-09-52-cdv_photo_005-scaled.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/TSQ77006-16-02-2015-09-52-cdv_photo_005-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"The lettering for the Sylva Wood Centre entrance sign\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6688\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/TSQ77006-16-02-2015-09-52-cdv_photo_005-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/TSQ77006-16-02-2015-09-52-cdv_photo_005-scaled-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/TSQ77006-16-02-2015-09-52-cdv_photo_005-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/TSQ77006-16-02-2015-09-52-cdv_photo_005-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/TSQ77006-16-02-2015-09-52-cdv_photo_005-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/TSQ77006-16-02-2015-09-52-cdv_photo_005-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6688'>\n\t\t\t\t\tThe lettering for the Sylva Wood Centre entrance sign\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Rodas has written about the commission on his own website. He talks about how he cleft the large green oak logs &#8211; <a title=\"Oxford Oak - Wood Centre sign commission\" href=\"https:\/\/oxfordoak.wordpress.com\/2015\/04\/28\/splitting-oak-logs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">read more here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Work is underway to design and build a sculptural entrance sign for our newly opened-centre for innovation and enterprise in wood.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6687,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[353,398],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSCF7185-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6685"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6685\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}