The piece, installed in mid-June, is designed to help visitors appreciate the beauty of trees by observing and touching them, according to the park.
“We encourage everyone to get up close and personal with the logs,” a park official said. “Some of them are 4 meters tall, but some are so short that children can use them as stools.”
The log sculpture is part of a program co-sponsored by Pingtung Forest District Office under the Council of Agriculture and the Department of Wood Science and Design at National Pingtung University of Science and Technology. It encourages locals to produce creative works using logs from thinning operations, the park added.
As tree plantations mature, seleted harvesting is required to take out weaker trees to give room for bigger ones to grow to their full potential.
Installation creator Huang Chun-chieh, an associate professor from NPUST, said the logs were arranged to form a "pencil forest" for the enjoyment of park visitors. “The trunks in the forest are in their most natural state. Nothing has been applied. They smell extremely nice and fresh.” (DF-SDH)
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