Wood species used for the wood carving « Invitation »
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Invitation :
......To do not think any more, to be carried away by a dance and by the time that fly away.
Wood specie : Common alder
French : Aulne glutineux
English : Common alder
German : Schwarzerle
Italian : Ontano nero
Spanish : Alano negro
Dutch : Zwarte els
Origin : Europe
Latin : Alnus glutinosa
Family : Bétulacées
Country : France
Trunks of wood : 10 20 m
Diameter : 0.2 0.4 m
Density : 0.5 0.6
Life : - de 100 ans.
Also called "aune" or "verne" or "vergne", it would give its name to the Auvergne (aune, vergne), a French province. As it is also the shoes tree...
It can be found on edges of rivers in company of willow wood. And its wood of blood color, when cutting, become brighter when drying, it has the characteristic of being "imputrescible" when it is submerged : a part of Venice poles would be in alder ...
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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 : 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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