Making the Prototype

I went to my local park to find wood, as I wanted to maintain the natural appearance of the wood. Originally I was going to incorporate some off-cuts of dowel, but since the new design, I thought it would look better if I only used raw wood.

The branches from the park had broken off during recent storms & also, as council workers had cut down trees.
These branches would otherwise have been left to rot, or made in mulch.

I peeled away the bark from some branches, to make them all uniform & I ended up only using the branches from gum trees.