These are pictures of Douglas Fir Chair #2 in the making. Above shows the original cuts, with the seat 10 degrees above level, and the back, the next 18 inches of the tree, positioned to form an angle of 100 degrees with the seat.

When the wood was fresh, it was interesting to count the rings, but eventually sap seeped out and made sitting very sticky. It also made getting up difficult. So I decided to face the surfaces with cedar fence boards.

The bark is 2-3 inches thick, and I wanted to leave it exposed for visual interest. To make a pattern, I laid grocery sacks on the surfaces and ran my fingernail along the groove between the bark and cambium, and then retraced that mark with a pen.

I cut out the pattern with scissors and laid it on top of cedar fence boards with 1/8 inch spaces between them. Then I cut the boards individually and attached them to the stump with shake nails. Here is the finished product.