So, I was really fascinated with the pervasive wood on our site. for my good surveyor, i was interested in finding out more about it, like where it came from and what it was there for.  So I obsessed about it for a while and it turns out that it’s a tree cutting service. they cut the trees during the summer and sell the firewood duringthe winter. there was something intersting to me about the fact that it all comes from around baton rouge and is brought to this site, then essentially recycled, redistributed, and reused. i talked to the guy who is in charge of it and he taught me about all the different kinds of wood out there. it’s mostly oak, ash, cypress, cedar. however, they also get wood from fruit trees such as pineapple, cherry, peach and pear. others include hickory, pecan. Also, different types of wood are used for different things, not just firewood. For example, the red and white oak is cut into 2 foot pieces, quartered, then stacked so that it can season for the next 6-8 months till it’s needed for firewood. it’s stacked in a way that is easy to count, a cord. In other words, form follows function. The forms that are created are because of some specific function. For example, the quartered oak is stacked on top of logs so that termites don’t infest it while looking for water. There were also piles of red oak and pecan stumps, used for stoves. Cedar is mostly used for furniture…and the list goes on. As for my evil artist, I made a palette of textures and forms. I explored the different forms that the stacks could take with miniature pieces of wood that i cut from quarter rounds. turns out the possibilities are endless, so i glued the most typical forms together into mini-models.