Horse Chestnut is a very pale creamy coloured wood, often very figured or burred but hidden by the

This heavily figured piece of Poplar has been stained to enhance the quilted figure and finished within with multiple coats of lacquer. It has an English Boxwood threaded lid.

This heavily figured piece of Poplar has been stained to enhance the quilted figure and finished within with multiple coats of lacquer. It has an English Boxwood threaded lid.

Spalting is simply a fungal discoloration of wood, not a separate species, it is found in

Spalting is simply a fungal discoloration of wood, not a separate species, it is found in

The technique for enhancing the grain in Ash is known as Lime Waxing. Ash is a ring porous wood, this means that the spring growth rings have large earlywood pores 2-4 rows wide, whereas the latewood or winter growth rings are smaller and more scattered.