One of the trees I photographed the most often in these woods, its curved trunk leaning gently above the path had such grace; I loved this path and the tree, but it was felled in 2002, just after my year-long project. The story follows.

The ‘ghost’ of my favourite beech tree, after felling.

This is a sequel to the first post about the The Woods project – ‘The Woods – a Year and a Day‘. It’s a sad story but with a richly rewarding outcome. It’s told here through the pages of a photo book that hasn’t yet got as far as a finished, physical object…(update – it does now exist as a small pamphlet)

The page below is a later addition to the collection of products created from the felled beech. Lindy had made prints of sections of the beautiful woodblock she’s cut as seen above, but until 2009 had never printed the entire block, but some fine silk came her way and I went to help with the printing process. We then took it to Tanpit Woods and hung it in the favourite picnic spot as part of a family birthday celebration