In the fall of 2018, Dennis updated his traditional turned trees by moving away from our local supply of aspen. He began turning branch wood from scrub oak trimmings. This variety of Gambel Oak grows primarily in the Pikes Peak region, and features wonderfully complex heartwood and a rough-textured bark.
The new trees have sold out at our holiday craft shows, and at the Boulder Street Gallery, where Dennis showed his trees, snowmen, and Christmas ornaments together for the first time.
Fortunately, scrub oaks are plentiful here, and many homeowners cut the lower branches as a fire mitigation measure.