« Just a moment »
..... a wood carving
Wood species used for the wood carving « Just a moment »
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Just a moment :
...Like suspended in the air, almost still in time
with shadows that extend far into space.
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 : Bubinga
French : Bubinga
English : Bubinga
German : Bubinga
Italian : Bubinga
Spanish : Bubinga
Dutch : Bubinga
Origin : Afrique tropicale
Latin : Guibourtia demeusei
Family : Fabacées-Césalpiniacées
Country : Cameroun,Gabon
Trunks of wood : 15 25 m
Diameter : 1 1.5 m
Density : 0.8 0.9
Life : + de 200 ans.
Its wood is a beautiful reddish brown, especially used in cabinetmaker. Because of its tight grain, I use it a lot in turning very fine, or eccentric, and even if its smell is not really pleasant, the final report is perfect.
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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 : African ebony
French : Ebène
English : African ebony
German : Ebenbaum
Italian : Ebano
Spanish : Ebano
Dutch : Ebbelboom
Origin : Afrique tropicale
Latin : Diospyros crassiflora
Family : Ebénacées
Country : Gabon, Congo
Trunks of wood : 4 10 m
Diameter : 0.2 0.5 m
Density : 1 1.2
Life : + de 200 ans.
In Greece, his name was already "ebonos".... he gave his name to the artists or craftsmen who used it to make some beautiful furniture.... Thank you Sir Boulle.
It's a dense and heavy wood, chosen uniformly black for lutherie's pieces, it sparkles in the light due to the presence of crystals of acid Oxalic and once polished, has an incomparable silky touch....
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Wood specie : Yew
French : If
English : Yew
German : Eibe
Italian : Tasso
Spanish : Tejo
Dutch : Taxusboom
Origin : Europe méridionale, Caucase
Latin : Taxus baccata
Family : Taxacées
Country : France
Trunks of wood : 1 15 m
Diameter : 0 0.8 m
Density : 0.6 0.8
Life : de 200...à 1000 ans.
Its Latin name clearly announces things, Taxus means toxic because, except its red berries which are eaten by birds, everything else is. Because of its slow growth, it has a very tight timber, with beautiful orange color, although it must be careful in very fine sanding because its dust can be irritating. Planted when a monastic community was create in Viegeois (Corrèze)
, this Yew has proudly displays more than 1400 years to a diameter of 9 m...
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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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