christopher robbins / plywood tree / felling the plywood tree

the plywood tree was felled on wednesday, april 18, at high noon, so that I could mill it back into a sheet of plywood.

the plywood tree before it was felled
The Plywood Tree, or, There was a man who made a tree, just so he could chop it down (eg).

christopher robbins and steve roberge sawing through the plywood tree with a rusty old two-man saw
Steve Roberge and Christopher Robbins with a rusted old two-man saw. (eg)

christopher robbins and steve roberge sawing through the plywood tree with a rusty old two-man saw
(eg)

after the plywood tree was felled
(cr)

a week later, flowers had grown around the fallen tree
A week later, flowers had grown around the fallen tree (cr)

Photographs by Erik Gould, RISD Museum, and Christopher Robbins