Seeing the Wood for the Trees
Neil Roberts is a Central Queensland Wood-lover, Husband, Father and Fisherman. He was a much-sought-after water driller until, in 1998, he had to discontinue his work for health reasons. He was gifted a cheap Taiwanese lathe and quickly discovered he had an aptitude, receiving first prize at the Rocky Show the first time he entered. A modest humble man, Neil says he “found woodwork to be a welcome distraction from the pain.”
Neil resonates with Blossom’s love for trees and her sense of urgency for us all to appreciate their profound worth.
Neil resonates with Blossom’s love for trees and her sense of urgency for us all to appreciate their profound worth.
“I try to work with the natural beauty of the wood,
it’s organic flow. The wood does it.”
These particular pieces are from a collection created between 1999 and 2004. Neil invites you to gently enjoy the tactile nature of these beautiful beings.
- Dead Finish Acacia tetragonophylla object? This timber was sourced from an auction.
“Boxy,” with sliding lid, created with acacia from our place. Acacia is a very under-rated wood, in Neil’s opinion.
Cottonwood Hibiscus Tilianceus, native to the East Coast of Australia, timber sourced from trees cut down by Livingstone Shire Council:
Queensland Walnut Endiandra palmerstonii trencher:
“Into the Heart”
Callistemon Fungi atop Eucalypt burl; root is a found object:
“Fungi Party”
Timber?
“Windows to mammals”
White Cedar Melia Azedarach:
”Ringed Wedding Goblet”
Hoop Pine Araucaria cunninghamii Vase:
“Captured Light”
Leopardwood Callitris Stippled Vase:
Cypress Pine Callitris Bowl:
Rosewood Dysoxylum fraserianum, one of the densest woods in the world:
“Rose Wood writes the sky”
Rosewood Dysoxylum fraserianum:
“Crystal Citadel”
Rosewood Dysoxylum fraserianum:
“Modern Inkwell”
- Dead Finish Acacia tetragonophylla object? This timber was sourced from an auction.
“Boxy,” with sliding lid, created with acacia from our place. Acacia is a very under-rated wood, in Neil’s opinion.
Cottonwood Hibiscus Tilianceus, native to the East Coast of Australia, timber sourced from trees cut down by Livingstone Shire Council:
Queensland Walnut Endiandra palmerstonii trencher:
“Into the Heart”
Callistemon Fungi atop Eucalypt burl; root is a found object:
“Fungi Party”
Timber?
“Windows to mammals”
White Cedar Melia Azedarach:
”Ringed Wedding Goblet”
Hoop Pine Araucaria cunninghamii Vase:
“Captured Light”
Leopardwood Callitris Stippled Vase:
Cypress Pine Callitris Bowl:
Rosewood Dysoxylum fraserianum, one of the densest woods in the world:
“Rose Wood writes the sky”
Rosewood Dysoxylum fraserianum:
“Crystal Citadel”
Rosewood Dysoxylum fraserianum:
“Modern Inkwell”
