Using Chainsaw, Skilled Artist Transforms A Damaged Tree Into A Hand Reaching For The Sky

Scaffolding was erected around the blank canvas tree trunk last month and the project took a week to complete. The Forestry Commission, who are looking after the area, decided that it would be a good idea to have a memorial to the tree and left a 50ft stem when they felled it, said Mr O'Rourke, who has called his work the Giant Hand of Vyrnwy. They invited eight artists to tender for the job and I got it. He said the hand carving was in an area of the estate known as The Giants of Vyrnwy, and the location had inspired him.