When I was collecting these elms, I witnessed a dude clipping a young motorcyclist with his car. And to be honest, it kept me up for two nights.
I can work with blood, bone, all sorts of tissue, but blood and bones sticking out is why I never finished the full OSHA first aid course. Seeing a living person with a leg snapped in half lying in a puddle of dirt, that etched into my cornea. I can still hear the scream from the moment the EMT's had to.. Put it back into position so they could load the stretcher. The sedation didn't work yet, but they wanted to make sure he went to the hospital ASAP. From what I've heard - the police called me a couple weeks later, thanking me and asking me if I the family could contact me to express their thanks, I said no thanks - the kid is doing fine.
Yeah, terrible associations with these sticks. I want to make something more less traumatic.
So.. I have like, five? Maybe eight? Ramrod straight elm sticks with a bunch of roots. As you can imagine, snapping them would be funny, but I don't think I'm ready for that.
Essentially, I can start from the ground up; there's buds everywhere and elms are versatile.
Let's say you have a couple of these sticks for yourself, what style or design would you go for? Deciduous is not my strength at all. I kind of dislike them even.. But I want to show myself that I can overcome the hate (not for P. Afra!) and make something nice out of them. Ideas are welcome!
