Yale Campus Wood Sources
All wood for bowls and pens is reclaimed from felled trees that were growing on the Yale campus. No trees were cut for this project. Instead the trees had to be removed by the Yale Grounds crew for various reasons ranging from campus renovation to overgrowth and disease. We collected the logs before they were removed to a landfill or cut into firewood. Because only a few trees are removed from campus each year, the amount of wood available for production of these bowls and pens is extremely limited.
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Admissions Beech
Beinecke Library Beech
Benjamin Franklin College
Bulldog Hockey Maples
Cross Campus Elm
Yale Divinity School Maple
Ezra Stiles Beech
School of Forestry Oak
Hendrie Hall Reclaimed Lumber
Kline Chemistry Oak
Law School Beech
Marsh Botanical Garden Walnut
Mory’s Sycamore
Payne Whitney Gym Oak
Pierson College Elm
Phelps Gate Elm
President’s House Elm
Trees from Science Hill
School of Management
Oak
Strathcona Front Door Oak
Woodbridge Hall Basswood
Yale University Art Gallery Elm
Yale Bowl Bleacher
Yale Medical School Amur Cork Tree
York Street
Sweet Gum