My attention now turns to trees. I make the Pilgrimage to
Deepdale Trees in Cambridgeshire, having heard them mentioned frequently by designers as excellent quality. During my visit I am not disappointed, even though most trees are currently leafless. Mark Godden shows me round and I feel I have time to make careful choices of species and specimens to be tagged for a later visit in April.
I tag twice as many as I need, choosing Betula nigra as my key tree. It's peeling coral coloured bark will tie in perfectly with the
Bradstone Panache product, but also because the lightness of it's leaves and growth habit will allow the ribbon sculpture to be seen as well as creating a non threatening, positive atmosphere.
Today I met with Bradstones technical team at their Swindon offices and Depot. We look at samples of the Panache product that I am using as part of the design. Currently the edging that I intend to use as a wall tile comes in black, grey and white, so I request some 'specials' to be made in the paving colours of Chocolate, Fudge and Cream (see left). I am wanting the tiles to suggest tree trunks so these new colours will be much more suitable. We discuss attaching the tiles and Bod Pave to the curved wall with rapid fix tile adhesive.We consider whether the scale of these parts will comfortably fix to the curve and I send the radii of the curve to the technical department who create a mock up to try it out. 
This photo shows the woods on a frosty January day - I love the way the light catches the trunks and produces so much tonal contrast. I also like the irregular spaces created between the trunks and irregular line where they meet the wood land floor. All very inspiring!
