A pair of creepies photographed out in the wild at Dirleton Primary School’s Rainbow Orchard. One made from olive ash and the other made from elm.
The first creepie is 100% Scottish olive ash. All of the wood is from the same tree and all of the colouring that you see is completely natural. The dark browns are caused by the wood being attacked by fungus and is an early stage of rot. The process is known as spalting and sometimes the wood can have a bad smell. In this case it definitely had a stink which was noticeable when it was being worked – but once sealed with a finish it no longer has an aroma.
The colouring, combined with a vertical keyhole cut-out in the legs and a rectangular finger hole in the top, makes this quite a unique creepie. This is a slightly larger creepie compared to the usual with dimensions of H 285 x W 495 x D 250 mm.
Next up is an elm creepie made with some of my own timber. Classic key-hole cut-out in the legs and with a new (to me) double-heart finger holes in the top. The grain pattern, typical of elm, that you can see on the side-skirts always reminds me of DNA Southern blots.
Dimensions: H 268 x W 459 x D 225 mm.
