« Jonas, remember as the sea is beautiful »
..... a wood carving
Wood species used for the wood carving « Jonas, remember as the sea is beautiful »
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Jonas, remember as the sea is beautiful :
......and now when it goes away, it only remains on the sand all these things that men don't want to manage...Created to participate in a sculpture competition in Concarneau on the theme The Sea ... It won the 2nd prize
Wood specie : Box tree
French : Buis
English : Box tree
German : Buchsbaum
Italian : Bosso
Spanish : Boj
Dutch : Busboom
Origin : Europe du sud, Asie Mineure
Latin : Buxus sempervirens
Family : Buxacées
Country : France
Trunks of wood : 1 4 m
Diameter : 0.1 0.3 m
Density : 0.7 0.8
Life : + de 500 ans.
It's acclimatized to the whole of Europe, from Portugal to England ... because of it slow growth, its wood is fine and tight. It was used since ancient times for many utility objects, games, musical instruments, tools and during 15 th century for engraving and printing. Grace natural branches creates people like the Little Prince. Its finish is delicate because it must be perfect, otherwise the slightest scratch is visible... but then, it's marvellous.
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Wood specie : Hedge maple
French : Erable champêtre
English : Hedge maple
German : Feldahorn
Italian : Acero campestre
Spanish : Arce
Dutch : veldesdoorn
Origin : Europe
Latin : Acer campestre
Family : Acéracées
Country : France
Trunks of wood : 5 10 m
Diameter : 0.3 0.8 m
Density : 0.5 0.7
Life : + de 100 ans.
Present since the Tertiary on our continent, it has been acclimatized in plains until middle Mountain. It is the helicopter tree : its strange fruits with wings, "samares", are still associated by two. Its name comes from the Latin "acer" because the Romans used it for the extremity of spears . When it makes waves, it is used for the background of violins and cellos, because it reverberating the sound.
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Wood specie : Holly tree
French : Houx
English : Holly tree
German : Stechpalme
Italian : Agrifoglio
Spanish : Acebo
Dutch : Hulst
Origin : Europe
Latin : Ilex aquifolium
Family : Aquifoliacées
Country : France
Trunks of wood : 2 8 m
Diameter : 0.2 0.7 m
Density : 0.7 0.9
Life : + de 200 ans.
Its Latin name "aquifolium" comes from its sharped leaves (acus, folium). Since antiquity,it is the species of the winter solstice, with its foliage and its persistent red berries that mature in late December.
Hollywood, it's also the name for a very small ranch on an hill at the west of Los Angeles in 1886...
Wood dense, once polished looks almost like ivory ...As the little mermaid, figurehead of Jonas , souviens-toi comme la mer est belle...
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Wood specie : Horse chesnut tree
French : Marronnier d'Inde
English : Horse chesnut tree
German : Rosskastanie
Italian : Castagno ippocastano
Spanish : Castaño de indias
Dutch : Paardekastanje
Origin : Montagnes des Balkans
Latin : Aesculus hippocastanum
Family : Hippocastanacées
Country : France
Trunks of wood : 5 15 m
Diameter : 0.3 0.8 m
Density : 0.35 0.5
Life : + de 100 ans...300 ans.
No ... it does not come from India but from the southern Eastern Europe (Greece, Bulgaria, northern Turkey) and arrived in France in 1525 ... the last few years it's a victim of a specific illness, that we called in french '' mineuse du marronier '' resulting in brown spots on leaves that fall prematurely during the summer. Deprived of part of its resources, the tree becomes more sensitive to all diseases Because their textures are similar, I use it very often with the European walnut tree to make chess game board or for some cut in marquetry "Boulle" for their opposition of colors.
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