A twenty minute film about the OneOak project has been made by Country Channel TV. It is now being broadcast on their internet TV website.
To watch the film online click on the logo below.
OneOak on Country Channel TV
The 20 minute programme will also be shown on Sky channel 171 on the following dates:
We are extremely privileged to have had an original piece of music composed for the OneOak project.
Anna Hemery composed the music and coined the name – the “OneOak Trio”. The trio comprised violin and piano (Anna Hemery) and cello (played by husband Nick Cooper).
Anna has played with many leading orchestras and theatre companies in Britain and internationally. She has composed and recorded sound tracks for film and television, and in popular music worked with Jools Holland and his Rhythm and Blues Orchestra. She also teaches violin.
Nick Cooper’s career includes playing for the London Symphony Orchestra, Balanescu Quartet, Gavin Bryars Ensemble, Szlani Quartet. He has performed with jazz musicians including John Surman & Tran4mation, the late Michael Brecker, Michael Reissler, Kurt Elling and the Folk Fiddler Chris Wood. He also works periodically at The National Theatre and for the Royal Shakespeare Company and has a number of solo cello credits for film and TV.
We will include the OneOak Trio music as the soundtrack to the film being produced by our volunteer team from the University of Oxford’s Film Unit. The film will be released in April and available for download on our website.
The OneOak Trio music now plays for viewers of our homepage.
ShareWatercolour artist Rebecca Hind held a workshop with Years 3 and 4 at Bladon Primary School. She showed the children the OneOak paintings that she has been working on over the last six months, and inspired them to produce their own under expert tuition.
Sam I know how to use watercolour paint now – I liked it.
Jacob, Louis and Jake M We learned to do watercolour paintings of trees in the moonlight. We used brown and blue paint and a big paintbrush called a mop.
Megan I thought it was very fun. I learned a lot about the moon. My whole class painted a tree of their own. I’d like to do my own because I have an idea – I can paint a fox in the moonlight.
Lily Now I know how to concentrate when painting and how to use watercolours. It was really fun because we all learnt about painting. I learnt how to do moons and when the moon is shining on something it has a shadow. My favourite moon was the wolf moon.
Euan I thought Rebecca was very good at painting with watercolours. I really liked her sketchbook of the moon and oak tree pictures. It was very fun, I think the whole class liked it as well. It got hard in some bits; it was hard not to scrub with the mop brush. I’d like her to come again soon. My favourite moon was the wolf moon.
Mia When Rebecca came she showed the year 3 and 4 how to do watercolour pictures. One of the brushes was called a mop.
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Rebecca Hind working on her latest OneOak watercolour
Artist Rebecca Hind was first featured in October 2009 when we watched her working on watercolour sketches of the OneOak tree in the woodland – read here.
We visited her studio recently to see what progress she had made and were amazed that she has produced no less than five separate paintings. Her beautiful watercolours feature the OneOak tree in various conditions and perfectly capture the seasonal changes in the woodland.
We are excited to be working with Rebecca to showcase her work in the OneOak project during various shows and exhibitions later this year.
“Having gathered visual information about the OneOak in my sketches whilst it was still standing, I have now had time to start working those images into finished paintings. They represent the tree under various conditions of weather, light and season and show its various appearances in the changing forest. Next, I shall visit and paint the clearing as it grows from winter to spring and then summer, feeding on the increased light that floods the space in the absence of the OneOak’s canopy.“ Rebecca Hind, March 2010
Find out more about Rebecca’s work: www.rebeccahind.com
ShareFollowing the recent sawing of the OneOak tree at Deep in Wood sawmill, we have catalogued all 35 of the boards cut from the tree’s three main lengths. Future users of the timber can now browse and select their wood based on its dimensions and qualities. To view the online catalogue click here.
You can also view our film of the sawing process at Deep in Wood sawmill below and see all our films on our new film page.
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Cathy Fitzgerald and children
Writer and radio producer Cathy Fitzgerald recorded an interview between Blenheim forester Nick Baimbridge and his son Ben, immediately before the tree felling.
Cathy makes audio tours for museums and galleries and is currently working on a radio documentary for the BBC about magic carpets.
She says that she is interested in OneOak because “I believe in valuing the resources around us – and it was a good chance to mess around in the mud!”
With our thanks to Cathy Fitzgerald.
ShareOur fantastic voluntary film crew have produced a new film of the OneOak felling. Eight hours is condensed into just four minutes, capturing the peace of the woodland at dawn and then the arrival of 250 children and several hundred guests to watch the felling. Watch as the tree surgeon scales the tree to prepare it for felling, then the tree felling itself . Afterwards the forest scientists descend on the felled tree to start their work weighing every branch and twig, and many of the future wood users gather to look at the OneOak’s timber for the first time and discuss its qualities.
With our thanks to Charlie Beesley, Chris Baines, Bryn Walls, Sarah Simblet and Conrad Weiskrantz.
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