« Bubbles in festival »
..... a wood carving
Wood species used for the wood carving « Bubbles in festival »
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Bubbles in festival :
...They broke one to one
drops colorful and so alive,
and rise gently skyward…
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 : Kingwood
French : Bois de violette
English : Kingwood
German : Konigsholz
Italian : Legno viola
Spanish : Madera violeta
Dutch : Violettehout
Origin : Amérique du Sud
Latin : Dalbergia cearensis
Family : Fabacées
Country : Brésil, Vénézuéla
Trunks of wood : 5 12 m
Diameter : 0.1 0.3 m
Density : 0.8 1.1
Life : + de 200 ans.
Owes its name only to its color ... primarily used in fine sheets for the beautiful marquetry. The cuts in four or quarter, made from a full trunk, gives absolutely beautiful veining.
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Wood specie : Snakewood
French : Bois serpent
English : Snakewood
German : Schildkrôtesholz
Italian : Angelim rajado
Spanish : Madera serpiente
Dutch : Stanghout
Origin : Amérique du Sud
Latin : Marmoroxylon racemosum
Family : Fabacées
Country : Guyane
Trunks of wood : 15 20 m
Diameter : 0.3 0.7 m
Density : 1 1.2
Life : + de 300 ans.
Its fiber wood , from a deep yellow, marbled with irregular large spots has dark brown veins with darker shades who looks like of the scales of a snake. Difficult to work because of its hardness, it offers a superb final polished all in nuance. Present in the primary forest of the Amazon basin, it is also in some national parks of the primary forest in Australia.
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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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Wood specie : Black palm
French : Palmier noir
English : Black palm
German : Schwarz palmbaum
Italian : Palma nera
Spanish : Palmera negra
Dutch : Zwarte palm
Origin : Amérique du Sud
Latin : Oenocarpus bataua
Family : Arecacées
Country : Colombie, Equateur
Trunks of wood : 10 15 m
Diameter : 0.2 0.4 m
Density : 0.6 0.8
Life : plus de 200 ans.
Also called "patawa" it's a major monocot palm (a single trunk), reaching the canopy, which are few in the Guyanese forest, recognizable by their long flowers pending shaped like ponytail. The fruit pulp is used to prepare a popular beverage and oil that can be extracted from fruits of the "patawa " has properties very similar to those of olive oil ! The wood from the outside of the trunk, has a beautiful black colour striated with white soft points
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Wood specie : Pear tree
French : Poirier
English : Pear tree
German : Birnbaum
Italian : Pero
Spanish : Peral
Dutch : Perelboom
Origin : Europe
Latin : Pirus communis
Family : Rosacées-Malacées
Country : France
Trunks of wood : 2 5 m
Diameter : 0.3 1.1 m
Density : 0.7 0.8
Life : de 100...200 ans.
Its cultivation in Europe is very old, with a stunning adaptation to any terrain, which gave us a multitude of varieties. And its wood with pink grain, is a marvel to work, both in furniture than in fine cutting...
See this Don Quixote See this Don Quixote, made in a pear tree of over one meter in diameter that I cut twenty years ago...
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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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Wood specie : Plum tree
French : Prunier
English : Plum tree
German : Pflaumenbaum
Italian : Prugno
Spanish : Ciruelo
Dutch : Pruimeboom
Origin : Asie mineure
Latin : Prunus domestica
Family : Rosacées-Amygdalacées
Country : France
Trunks of wood : 2 5 m
Diameter : 0.2 0.6 m
Density : 0.7 0.8
Life : + de 100 ans.
Since antiquity, it was introduced in Europe from the Near East. In the Middle Ages, the plum tree of Damascus, brought back by the Crusaders, was cultivated for its fruits.
Variable according to the variety, its timber orange to reddish brown with lighter shades, is a hardwood, with a tendency to burn when heated. Often used in small turning (can of "dentelière", toy), I often used it as a spot of color in sculptures, where its polish is incredible.
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Wood specie : Locust tree
French : Robinier
English : Locust tree
German : Gemeine robinie
Italian : Robinia
Spanish : Acacia blanca
Dutch : Robinia
Origin : Amérique du Nord
Latin : Robinia pseudoacacia
Family : Fabacées-Papilionacées
Country : France
Trunks of wood : 7 10 m
Diameter : 0.2 0.6 m
Density : 0.6 0.8
Life : + de 300 ans.
Wrongly called "Acacia", its name pays homage to Jean Robin, Parisian botanist who planted the first in Europe Place Dauphine in Paris in 1601. It was moved in 1635 to the Jardin des Plantes. It is also possible to see the one planted in 1602 in the square Saint Julien le pauvre, opposite the Island of the City...
Native to North America, it was first used as an ornamental tree before becoming a tree species planted across all Europe. Its flowers, clustered white, are wonderful in fritters and are also very appreciated by my bees. Its wood has a beautiful yellow pearly color, and is hard to work because of its hardness. It takes a beautiful depth when polishing. And as it does not rot, do not hesitate to use in outdoor furniture.
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Wood specie : Zebrawood
French : Zingana
English : Zebrawood
German : Zebraholz
Italian : Zingana
Spanish : Zingana
Dutch : Zebrano
Origin : Afrique tropicale
Latin : Microberlinia brazzavillensis
Family : Fabacées-Césalpiniacées
Country : Cameroun, Gabon
Trunks of wood : 10 20 m
Diameter : 0.6 1 m
Density : 0.6 0.8
Life : + de 200 ans.
Mainly originally from western Cameroon, from the English-speaking part of the country, it is a species that begins to disappear ... (thank you P. Senard)
It's also called the "zebrano" because of the very special design of its veining, adopted in English. Its grain fairly homogeneous, unlike its veining, requires a very fine sanding, because of its propensity to reverse thread, which often creates a fluffy effect, but ultimately what a pleasure for the eyes.
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