Historic trees in sculpture with and with out colour

Totem Poles date as far back as the 1800s. Totem Poles are monumental wooden sculptures and come from the cultures in the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America. It is a cultural tradition that has been said to be lost in this modern day, however this is not true - they are still used all over the world. They are not entirely for worship and there are also some poles that are used to ridicule those groups that have unpaid debt and they are called "Shame Poles" .

Different Colours

Colour is used in almost everything. In fact we see colour everywhere. We have natural colours that were created when earth began like the color of trees and leaves, Flowers, sand, dirt... etc. We have different colours of paints, pencil, pens, crayons. We see colour everyday. We have it in our clothes, in our homes, the place we work and shop...etc. So it is a major factor for it to be in art, it's natural and has been used for centuries. The question is - What colours should I use?

Colour

Colour is important. It attracts people and gets their attension. What I need to do is figure out what colours I would like to use. Colours that relate to the thought process I have been looking at with Fairy tales and Fantasy and mythical creatures. I need to also find the way in which I am going to colour my work.

Drawings

Demonstrations of width and sketches of what I feel relate to structure and sketches that help me ask questions as to how to progress and carry on the process.

Something tall, Large scale, colourful and similar to what I am aiming for.

Similar to my aims for my proposal. However I want it in a Gallery Space, I want it to be narrow and branch free. Yes I do want it to be colourful but brighter. I want to use lighting to help with this colour and somehow create shaddow or reflection.

Some interesting types of trees

Tree Biology

The inside of a tree is important, it has like us a skeletal structure. I want to carve or whittle if possible just past the under layer of the bark.

https://www.uwsp.edu/natres/nres743/images/T1/tree_layers_web2.jpg