« Just a little mischievous 2 »
..... a wood carving
Wood species used for the wood carving « Just a little mischievous 2 »
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Just a little mischievous 2 :
...like a child’s laugh,
which suddenly bursts into cascades
in the heavy heat of the summer...
Wood specie : Apricot tree
French : Abricotier
English : Apricot tree
German : Aprikosenbaum
Italian : Albicocco
Spanish : Albaricoquero
Dutch : Abrikozenboom
Origin : Montagnes de l'Asie Centrale
Latin : Prunus armeniaca
Family : Rosacées-Amygdalacées
Country : France
Trunks of wood : 2 4 m
Diameter : 0.2 0.5 m
Density : 0.6 0.8
Life : + de 30 ans.
He followed the caravans road, like the sun from east to west ... Its culture in Armenia left him his Latin name. Its wood offers a wonderful range of colors, from yellow with orange touch to reach the red, and sometimes even some very light green. This is my "rainbow" wood.
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Wood specie : Purplewood
French : Amarante
English : Purplewood
German : Violettholz
Italian : Legno amarante
Spanish : Paloconcha
Dutch : Amarantehout
Origin : Amérique centrale
Latin : Peltogyne pubescens
Family : Fabacées-Césalpiniacées
Country : Brésil, Guyane
Trunks of wood : 5 15 m
Diameter : 0.4 1 m
Density : 0.7 0.8
Life : + de 200 ans.
Formerly known falsely like the wood of China , for its exotic and valuable part ... it gave its name to the color. But it's the evaporation of a resinous material in its fiber, which after few hours, allow the increase of its shade from gray to purple. His work is easy because the wood does not contain silica. The polishing reinforces pleasantly its veining giving an effect that strengthens the depth ... absolutely beautiful.
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Wood specie : Wild cherry tree
French : Merisier
English : Wild cherry tree
German : Wildkirsche baum
Italian : Ciliegio selvatico
Spanish : Salvaje cerezo
Dutch : Zoete kers
Origin : Europe
Latin : Prunus avium
Family : Rosacées-Amygdalacées
Country : France
Trunks of wood : 4 12 m
Diameter : 0.3 0.7 m
Density : 0.6 0.7
Life : de 100...à 250 ans.
This is the wild cherry tree... it owes its name to taste its fruits: cherry and bitter that became "merise". Present since the Tertiary on our continent, the birds that eat its fruit, spread its seeds everywhere. When it grows in the forest, it is the race to light in the middle of other species, with only a terminal crown and a trunk, almost straight, without branches, which then makes the happiness of cabinetmakers. His heavy wood, ranging from light orange to brown, is a marvel under the chisel and especially under the hand ...
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Wood specie : Walnut tree
French : Noyer
English : Walnut tree
German : Nussbaum
Italian : Noce
Spanish : Nogal
Dutch : Noteboom
Origin : Asie Mineure
Latin : Juglans regia
Family : Juglandacées
Country : France
Trunks of wood : 2 6 m
Diameter : 0.4 0.8 m
Density : 0.5 0.8
Life : + de 200 ans.
Bring back by the Persians from Asia, adopted by the Greeks, cultivated by the Romans throughout the empire, they gave it its name of "Jupiter's acorn": Juglans (from Jovis, Jupiter and glans, acorn).
Its tight grain and especially its dark color has been appreciate by cabinet makers when they had to find another specie than ebony for beautiful furniture, often with a dye because only its heart is really black. It also provided quite a surprise when you bought it on feet , but its color shades of grey, red and black are naturally beautiful.
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