“Meet me in the Forest”
This two-person bench is made from aspen that was milled by a friend from his woods just south of Birch Lake.  While it has waited in our shed the woodworms have done the work of making their designs under the bark, which we have preserved when debarking.  If you look closely, the woodworms may have a message beyond “Meet me in the Forest” which is burned into the back.  It is fastened together with screws and capped with plugs cut from the same aspen.  Aspen dominates most of the forest land in our area now because it is so quick to outgrow other species after logging.  It becomes a very hard wood once dried and needs to be kept dry since it is prone to breakdown in the elements.
Finished with oil-based polyurethane.