Chapter 7: Homage to the Eucalyptus

A magnificent eucalyptus stood in the walled garden until a couple of years ago, when it came down in a winter storm:

The base of the trunk, and a piece of bark from higher up on the trunk that had previously come loose and dropped down onto the neighbouring tree: 

This piece of bark was the inspiration for what follows - first the hand of Nature:

and then the human hand (the first version):

with the pieces of sawn up trunk grouped together nearby

the marks of the chainsaw cuts, and over time the bark shrinking away from the trunk as the wood dries out 

The very base of the trunk, with on the other side the exposed roots torn from the ground:

And a slightly different angle:

And then the second, slightly more elaborate progression:

I have now taken this installation down and stored the bark away for the winter.
A third to follow in the spring ...