I've begun work on my first commissioned piece!!

Today Ive finally been able to get to the timber yard to select my Oak for the bench that Ive been commissioned to make by Thorp Perrow Arboretum(woodland garden,bird of prey & mammal centre) The first picture is the timber i selected, it is all green oak some 1inch and the the large piece is 3inch thick(click on images to see in greater detail) This second picture is a scale model i made of the bench design, i have just over a month to construct it and will post more pics throughout the build.