| Wood has been used for many purposes. One of | | | | Furniture as like many of the items talked about |
| its primary uses was as a fuel and it has also | | | | here have been around for centuries. There are |
| been used for making artworks, furniture, tools, | | | | still antique pieces that still look as though they |
| natural wooden toys and weapons, as well as a | | | | have just been made. There are chairs, tables, |
| construction material. | | | | fire surrounds, desks, bureaus all of which look as |
| In construction it is used to make the frames for | | | | elegant as the child's rocking horse, talked about |
| roofs as well as flooring. It was also used up until | | | | earlier. |
| the 1800's for building ships. | | | | What about artwork? There are numerous types |
| Wooden weapons of today are usually used in the | | | | of this work and one that comes to mind is the |
| martial arts arena, where as centuries ago it was | | | | wooden horses carved lovingly as they were |
| common place in most all combat. There were | | | | used on the children's fairground carousels. There |
| bow and arrows, slingshot, shields, spears and | | | | are the intricate carvings made onto wooden |
| even swords and this list represents just a few. | | | | plates and bowls. But there are carved figures in |
| Natural wooden toys have been around for | | | | places you wouldn't expect, just like the owl |
| thousands of years, the spinning top being one of | | | | carved into a tree (about two metres high) in a |
| the first. But nowadays there are hundreds of | | | | cheshire villiage. |
| toys crafted from hardwood and softwood, from | | | | When wood is finally discarded it is used for |
| the elegant child's rocking horse to the infants | | | | making wood chippings for using as pathways in |
| jigsaw. All of which are finely made and made to | | | | parks, woodland and play areas. But the most |
| last. | | | | significant use of wooden waste must come with |
| There are tools partly made from wood. The | | | | the UK's first large-scale wood-burning power |
| shaft of a hammer, the handle on a wood saw or | | | | station on Teesside. The plant will save 200,000 |
| the handles on chisels. This means the tools will | | | | tonnes of CO2 emissions a year compared to |
| last longer as you can replace the wooden parts | | | | fossil burning stations. |
| for new, as they wear out. | | | | |