OUGD603 - Brief 7 - Build a home for Wildlife - Primary Research - Photographs of Trees and Tree Rubbings

Photographs of Trees and Tree Rubbings 

- To visually represent a tree and the natural roosting / breeding habitat of birds, bark rubbings were taken of different trees. Using a black waxed crayon on its side captured to patterns best. Using a pencil created a very light design and was difficult to get a clean rubbing with.

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- it was found that the rubbings didn't always turn out as expected as the rubbings would only pick up the highest points on the bark, which meant the flatter the bark the more the design would look like the bark pattern

- Trees with large crevasses in the bark didn't create as effective patterns however this could be improved if a bigger crayon or other tool was used.

- Wrapping the paper around the tree allowed for a large area of the bark to be captured within the rubbing

- There were often differences in what the bark visually looked like and the outcome of the rubbings, because of this photographs were taken of each of the trees so that the shapes and forms within these could be experimented with as well.  

- Tree rubbings were collected from trees such as Beech, Douglas Fur, Larch and Oak.

- The range of different bark patterns on trees varied considerably with some having thick and knarly surfaces and others being very smooth with what appeared to be little texture. However it was deceptive as some of the flatter designs created more intricate rubbings from textures that perhaps weren't apparent visually.