Wood species used for the wood carving « Ath�na »
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Ath�na :
...A natural grace
until the end of wings
and wisdom in the eyes...
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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Wood specie : Elm
French : Orme champêtre
English : Elm
German : Ulme
Italian : Olmo
Spanish : Olmo
Dutch : Iepeboom
Origin : Europe
Latin : Ulmus campestris
Family : Ulmacées
Country : France
Trunks of wood : 1 10 m
Diameter : 0.3 1.2 m
Density : 0.6 0.8
Life : de 300...à 500 ans.
It is a fungus, Ceratostomella, transported by a small beetle, the beetle, which is responsible for the disease, the graphiose, which decimated this species...
Its hard wood was long used in woodworking. We could do everything for a house in helm : stairs, railings, doors, kitchen cabinet ... to highlight its grain so special with beautiful shades ranging from pale yellow to dark brown panels door...
And the port of the tree, how majestic ... have a look this one of Martailly les Briancion.
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