Creative Prompt #237: Wood

Post the direct URL (link) where your drawing, doodle, artwork is posted (e.g. your blog, Flickr) in the comments area of this post. I would really like to keep all the artwork together and provide a way for others to see your work and/or your blog.

We are also talking about this on Twitter. Use the hashtag #CPP

The Creative Prompt Project, also, has a Flickr group, which you can join to  post your responses. I created this spot so those of you without blogs and websites would have a place to post your responses.

St Francis Wood – a San Francisco neighborhood

Definition: “Wood is a hard, fibrous structural tissue found in the stems and roots of trees and other woody plants. It has been used for thousands of years for both fuel and as a construction material. It is an organic material, a natural composite of cellulose fibers (which are strong in tension) embedded in a matrix of lignin which resists compression. Wood is sometimes defined as only the secondary xylem in the stems of trees,[1] or it is defined more broadly to include the same type of tissue elsewhere such as in tree roots or in other plants such as shrubs.[citation needed] In a living tree it performs a support function, enabling woody plants to grow large or to stand up by themselves. It also mediates the transfer of water and nutrients to the leaves and other growing tissues. Wood may also refer to other plant materials with comparable properties, and to material engineered from wood, or wood chips or fiber.

The Earth contains about one trillion tonnes of wood, which grows at a rate of 10 billion tonnes per year. As an abundant, carbon-neutral renewable resource, woody materials have been of intense interest as a source of renewable energy. In 1991, approximately 3.5 billion cubic meters of wood were harvested. Dominant uses were for furniture and building construction.[2]” (Wikipedia)

Muir Woods

scrap wood

lumber

Natalie Wood

Ed Wood (1994 movie)

American Wood Council

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

maple

Tiger Woods

birch

Wood County, Ohio

cherry

hardwood floors

alder

Travis Wood

oak

pine

Norwegian Wood

woodworking

wood thrush

World of Wood Journal

wood stove

Wood County, Wisconsin

International Wood Collectors Society – “Founded in 1947, the International Wood Collectors Society is a non-profit Society devoted to distributing information on collecting wood, correctly identifying and naming wood specimens, and using wood in creative crafts.”

wood blinds

wood stork

Redwood Forest

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri

Green-Wood – National Historic Landmark cemetery in Brooklyn, New York.

 

Author: Jaye

Quiltmaker who enjoys writing and frozen chocolate covered bananas.