More on timber quality
Recently we made a game for people to guess the relative strengths of some timber beams – by inspecting the beams up close and hands […]
public engagement
Guess the Strength of Timber – Scores
Check out how well you did in our “guess the strength of timber” game. Search for your player code name below. Please also fill a […]
What is “timber quality”? A challenge for creative programmers
Brief: We seek to commission a creative person or business to develop a prototype for a digital game that will encourage people (general public and […]
Timber grading explained with plums
What do plums and wood have in common? Probably more than you thought. In this video Marlene Cramer explains the basic idea of timber grading […]
Woody Cartoons
The Quote of the week has been slacking a bit. While you are waiting for the next episode, why don’t you enjoy some wood cartoons? […]
Forest products on the Handmade podcast
The Handmade podcast (previously known as ‘rial talk) has covered wood and wood-based materials a few times from different perspectives. March 23rd 2018 “Wood” with […]
Something different – tree art
Following an exchange of ideas on Twitter involving the artist Richard G Evans – who specialises in wonderful tree portraiture linked to GPS locations encouraging […]
Who looks like a forester? (#IWD2019)
For international women’s day, foresters, arboriculturists and the other diverse professionals working with trees took to social media with the hashtag #ILookLikeAForester. Not only was […]
Pianodrome Wood ID Workshop
Edinburgh International Science Festival The average piano is made up of between 8 and 16 different species of wood. Each part is designed carefully to […]
Wood in pianos
A while ago we were contacted by the Pianodrome project, asking for some help identifying wood species. They plan to build a 100-seat amphitheatre entirely from […]