closeup of red knothole, purple-pink and yellow wood grain

This branch came from a cedar tree overhanging my driveway.

It was fun to bust this open and shape it with hammer and chisels. My dad once recommended learning to chisel before learning any power tools for wood working.. so I suppose this is a start.

roughly split wood branch

Some tung oil and drilling later, and I'm very pleased to have a nice place to hang my cast iron.

slightly curved wood beam with cast iron pots hung from it