public engagement Archives - Centre for Wood Science & Technology

Timber grading explained with plums

12 October 2021 Dan Ridley-Ellis 0

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

21 September 2021 marlene cramer 0

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

16 October 2020 Dan Ridley-Ellis 0

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

3 April 2019 Dan Ridley-Ellis 0

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)

9 March 2019 Dan Ridley-Ellis 0

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

14 April 2018 Dan Ridley-Ellis 0

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

14 April 2018 Dan Ridley-Ellis 2

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 […]