An Introduction to Wood
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An educational video which explores, with a presenter in a workshop setting, the various uses of wood and the methods required to transform it into objects for the home such as plates and woven baskets. At a wooded location the presenter explains how trees photosynthesise and how this impacts the growing cycle while a man named Paul, weaves 'hurdles' or 'fence-panels' using branches taken from very young hazel trees. Also explained is the process of growing, felling and transporting trees to a commercial timber-processing factory before returning to the workshop to see a demonstration of the strength of wood grain and a variety of objects made with different types of wood.