Making woodchips

There's a layer of woodchips an inch thick all around my workbench.  They go amazing colours on the wet studio floor.  A rich dark red leaches out of the wood that's been soaking up water for some days.  You could probably use the chips as a dye, in places the floor looks almost bloody.

Here's how the sculpture is looking at the moment.  It's starting to take shape now, although there's a lot of refining to do before I can decide whether it will be smooth or still have the gouge marks showing.