Driftwood
When driftwood is called wood , floating on water or by wind , tide , current or general sea state has been driven to the shore.
Driftwood can be:
- a tree or that part of a tree that has been torn from the ground by the action of nature and washed into the water
- Parts of buildings or household items that have got into the water as a result of floods , tsunami or wind
- Wood that was intentionally placed in the water but has come loose from its attachment
- Remains of wooden ships or boats
- Ship cargo that has gone overboard
In the Arctic region , driftwood was often the only source of wood for Eskimos and other peoples living beyond the Arctic tree line before more intensive trade contact with more southern countries developed.
In the Germanic creation story , the first humans were carved out of driftwood by Odin , Hönir and Lodur . They carved the man Ask from an ash tree and the woman Embla from an elm tree . Ask and Embla thus became the progenitors of the human race.
Nowadays, driftwood is widely used as a raw material for innovative products. There are some young artists who make new articles, mostly decorative, from stranded driftwood. There are a variety of possible upcycling ideas, all of which use driftwood as the basic raw material.
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- ↑ A day at the sea . Art captain. Retrieved April 24, 2015.