Kendal trees become new play area sculptures (From The Westmorland Gazette)

Kendal trees become new play area sculptures

6:30pm Saturday 24th December 2011 in Education news By Kate Proctor, Reporter

A PAIR of sycamore trees at a Kendal school have been given a new lease of life as art works for children.

The century-old trees that stood in the playground at Stramongate Primary School have been whittled down to create a seat with carvings of mushrooms and squirrels by chainsaw artist Andrew Levy, of Kendal’s Crafty Wood.

Pupils helped him come up with the designs and watched him work for a week at school before the Christmas holidays.

School business manager Denise Noble said the parent teacher association decided to try to turn the trees into something for the children to play on after they were found to have the Ustinuna Deusta infection.