This tepee was created by Radek, who lives near forests and during his long walks finds naturally dead and dried up elder wood, rosewood, scum and hawthorn. All parts of the production process that Radek goes through together with the trees are manual and non-machine - just a small hand-held orzo, a knife, a saw and sandpaper.
The final treatment is with pure quality oils - camellia oil from tea tree plants, as Radek is a big tea lover, and safflower oil of home-made production. The latter will darken even light elderwood beautifully and allow the natural grain and character of the wood to come through. Sometimes the wood is also treated with a colourless varnish of high quality and safety.
A few words from the Creator:
The visual appeal of the final product is largely determined by what any given piece of wood will allow me to do. I merely follow the lines of the wood, establish the shape that is needed for that application and the functionality of the tepee and curipee, but the basic shape of the wood is maintained. Whether it is the various branches or the natural patterns caused by the action of various organisms - fungi. This makes each creation different and is the result of the originality of the environment where, like a seed, it fell into the soil, germinated, took root, grew, lived its dream, perished and then called me... and continues to live its dream. His journey continues. So the outer or inner diameters of the resulting pieces vary, each individual grew as the environment allowed, and I cannot change that. I work with what is given to me and see where I can cut back and where I can no longer. Everything within itself dreams its dream, and we only perceive its power and arrange for that dream to come to fruition. For this we have excellent tools - skilful human hands.
GRATITUDE
Radek and Eliška
