« Following the rainbow »
..... a wood carving
Wood species used for the wood carving « Following the rainbow »
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Following the rainbow :
...to mount one by one
full range of colours
and go in search of treasure...
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 : 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 : Hornbeam
French : Charme
English : Hornbeam
German : Weißbuche
Italian : Carpine
Spanish : Ojaranzo
Dutch : Haagbeuk
Origin : Asie Mineure
Latin : Carpinus betulus.
Family : Bétulacées
Country : France
Trunks of wood : 10 15 m
Diameter : 0 0.7 m
Density : 0.7 0.8
Life : + de 150 ans.
Also know as " charmille " (hedge of Hornbeam )when it grows together(release of stump) in the forest. Its dense wood, resistant to shocks, was long used for yokes, hence its Latin name to the Celtic origins "car" : wood, "pen" : head ", but its use is very large, from sleeves of tools to the wheels of ancient cars.
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Wood specie : Golden chain
French : Cytise
English : Golden chain
German : Bohenbaum
Italian : Cytise
Spanish : Citiso
Dutch : Goudenregen
Origin : Europe méridionale
Latin : Laburnum anagyroides
Family : Fabacées-Papilionacées
Country : France
Trunks of wood : 3 4 m
Diameter : 0.2 0.4 m
Density : 0.6 0.8
Life : + de 50 ans.
Its name comes from the Greek Kytisos. Easily identifiable in May, June because of its flower clusters, similar to those of the locust tree (false acacia), but are bright yellow. And do not make donuts, because its fruits are toxic. Its wood, which ranges from golden yellow to black, earned him the appellation of "golden rain" visible in its English name of "golden chain tree" and for his deep black, the nickname of "false ebony" or "ebony indigenous" and as it is very dense, we get a pearly surface of the most beautiful effect.
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Wood specie : Eucalyptus
French : Eucalyptus
English : Eucalyptus
German : Eukalyptus
Italian : Eucalypto
Spanish : Eucalypto
Dutch : Eucalyptus
Origin : Australie
Latin : Eucalyptus gunnii
Family : Myrtacées
Country : France
Trunks of wood : 10 20 m
Diameter : 0.5 1 m
Density : 0.7 0.8
Life : + de 100 ans.
It is the largest family with more than 500 varieties, present in the Sunda islands and of course in its region of origin, Australia ... The color blue has given its name to Blues Mountainscovered by eucalyptus, near Sydney Violaine ... thank you. Where it is strongly present, its dense wood, in marked veining, is used as lumber, carpentry and even for making barrels as in Portugal.
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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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Wood specie : Hazel tree
French : Noisetier
English : Hazel tree
German : Haselbaum
Italian : Nocciolo
Spanish : Avellano
Dutch : Hazelaar
Origin : Moyen orient
Latin : Corylus avellana
Family : Bétulacées
Country : France
Trunks of wood : 1 2 m
Diameter : 0.2 0.3 m
Density : 0.5 0.6
Life : + de 50 ans.
Known under this name since the 15th century, otherwise it was the "coudrier", which comes from the Greek "Corus" or helmet, to designate the cap overcoming its fruit. Its Latin name, come from a region of Italy, the Aveline, where it grows in abundance.
Used for its flexibility by dowsers to detect the flow of groundwater ... and it works, I met an old employee of a union of municipal water who showed me how to use it ... The wood, often slightly ounded, presents a beautiful pearly aspect.
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Wood specie : Apple tree
French : Pommier
English : Apple tree
German : Apfelbaum
Italian : Melo comune
Spanish : Manzano
Dutch : Appelboom
Origin : Europe
Latin : Malus domestica
Family : Rosacées-Malacées
Country : France
Trunks of wood : 2 4 m
Diameter : 0.2 0.5 m
Density : 0.5 0.6
Life : + de 50 ans.
Present in Europe since the antiquity , the Romans called "pomum", which means all pip fruit. Its wood, with warmer colourful and and more veined than pear tree, which depending on the variety of fruit, is very pleasant to work. The only difficulty is to arrive to find large apple trees that are not hollow in the middle. ... What was my disappointment when on a whole plantation, I do finally found a dozen only ...
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