Wood species used for the wood carving « The lightness of flight »
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The lightness of flight :
...All in elegance, in undulations, in selected movement , in lightness until the flight...
and also a little nod to an ancient Greek statue that I saw in the Louvre...
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 : 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 : Lime
French : Tilleul
English : Lime
German : Linde
Italian : Tiglio
Spanish : Tilo
Dutch : Lindeboom
Origin : Europe
Latin : Tilia vulgaris
Family : Tiliacées
Country : France
Trunks of wood : 2 5 m
Diameter : 0.3 1 m
Density : 0.4 0.5
Life : de 100...à 600 ans.
This is the ideal specie for sculpture, like for "the lightness of flight", with its fine grain that allows forms very thin. But we soon learn to assayed the gesture because it is a soft wood, so fragile...And It's the tree that blooms in front of the window of the workshop,that my bees like so much...
A beautiful linden stands in front of the old Priory of Conques
, in Sainte-Cécile (Belgium) since over 600 years.
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