Resources

Notes, tools and references from working with trees. A place to explore 3D scanning, unusual timber and the connections between making and the forest.

01An approach ↗Inventory sketches of the Other Wood Pieces collection

Ground to Crown

Seeking high-value purposes for as much of a tree as possible.

02Scanning notes ↗Tree scan surrounded by camera positions

Photogrammetry notes

Things I've learned about photographing, processing and working with 3D scans.

03A collection ↗Branching timber structure and climbing net inside the Woodland Cabin

Weird Wood Index

Buildings and assemblies that exploit unusual forest products.

Woodland Cabin, AA Design + Make, Hooke Park.

04Working notes ↗Manifesto pinned to plywood reading Digital tools to harness, not create complexity

Notes from working with trees

Short observations from the forest, the workshop and the work between them.

05A workflow ↗Scanned tree forks arranged into a digital truss model

From tree scan to building component

Following the Tree Fork Truss from standing trees to an assembled structure.

06Explore scans ↗Point cloud recording a woodland at Hooke Park

Pointclouds to explore

Trees, pieces and places you can look around in your browser.

07Tools ↗CloudCompare displaying tree point clouds, with titles and file details obscured

Tools I use

Software I return to for scanning, drawing, modelling and making.

08Books ↗The Architecture of Trees by Cesare Leonardi and Franca Stagi on a wooden desk

Tree reading

A growing reading list for the tree obsessed.

Photograph: The Hub General Store.

09A drawing project ↗Tree Relations drawing mapping species and uses of wood

Tree relations

Connections between tree species and the things we make from their wood.

10Reading ↗First page of Frei Otto’s First Collection of Ideas for the Use of Wet Timber

Reading list for school

Articles, books and websites shared with students.

11Bookmarks ↗Of the Oak installation at Kew Gardens with a visitor in front of the screen

Google me when stuck

Things I come back to when I need ideas. Bookmarks kept out in the open.

Of the Oak, Marshmallow Laser Feast.