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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Mark Brown North of England correspondent

Artists given chance to use wood from felled Sycamore Gap tree

Shoots growing on the base of Sycamore Gap tree in Northumberland
The National Trust hopes the new commission will help continue the conversation about our collective relationship with nature. Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA

Artists are being asked for ideas to create a “nationally important” work from the wood of the illegally felled Sycamore Gap tree which, organisers hope, will be galvanising and inspiring.

The National Trust has revealed details of a huge creative commission, offering the chance for artists, organisations or creative agencies to use half of the tree’s timber to produce something incredible.

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