The collection of stumps left after coppicing is known as a “stool”. The WoodXpert Brush Hook XA3 by the Finnish company Fiskars is great for cutting smaller branches, tidying coppiced timber ...

Image caption, Cut back every 20 years the ancient tree currently looks like a clump of 60 stumps Artist Richard Harris said he plans to work with the "great physical mass" of coppiced wood to ...