A Passion for Wood

Few materials inspire as much passion as wood. This exhibition celebrates this living material that has always accompanied humanity, from forest to home, from tool to work of art.

Panel by panel:

• Wood in human history: fire, tools, ships and everyday objects
• From tree to timber: growth, rings, bark and cell structure
• The timber industry: logging, sawing and sustainable forest management
• From papyrus to paper: wood as a medium for writing
• Building with wood, from traditional houses to contemporary architecture
• Painting, carving, making wood sing: arts, instrument making and sacred objects
• Wood, a renewable energy and a material for the future

Audience: all ages. Ideal for: a forest or wood festival, a vocational school for the wood trades, an event on craftsmanship.