Need to go and find the wood now.
For the bow, if you can't find good straight grained hardwood boards, go look for an Ash sapling with a good straight clean section about 2m long and about 75mm, preferably 100mm diameter and ... acquire it ... however you see fit ... errrm.
Once you've acquired your sapling, seal the end grain with varnish or PVA or somesuch, strip the bark and split it down the middle. The side where the bark was is the back of the bow (furthest away from you as you shoot it) - do not touch this side and try to make sure that you don't damage this wood as you remove the bark. Put the stripped, split stave somewhere flat, cool and dry for a few weeks to begin to season - alternative begin to rough out the bow shape, leaving at least 1cm extra thickness and width for now. Do not try to bend it at this point - just put it somewhere cool and dry to lose moisture.
After the wood has stopped losing moisture (I weigh mine every week or two - when it's not lost any weight in a week, you're good to go), You can start to tiller the bow - best to read up either on PP or go borrow the Traditional Bowyers Bible (ideally volumes 1 & 4) from your library (if they haven't closed it yet) for details.
Peter
