Artists given chance to use wood from felled Sycamore Gap tree

Two years after the tree was cut down, the National Trust says it wants to turn a sense of loss into a sense of hope'

Artists are being asked for ideas to create a nationally important" work from the wood of the illegally felled Sycamore Gap tree which, organisers hope, will be galvanising and inspiring.

The National Trust has revealed details of a huge creative commission, offering the chance for artists, organisations or creative agencies to use half of the tree's timber to produce something incredible.