Wood species used for the wood carving « On the road, Eugene »
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On the road, Eugene :
...For a friend who comes back from the road of Compostela ( Spain ) with feet as big as that and the head in the clouds
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 : Oak tree
French : Chêne pédonculé
English : Oak tree
German : Eiche
Italian : Quercia
Spanish : Roble
Dutch : Eik
Origin : Europe
Latin : Quercus pedunculata.
Family : Fagacées
Country : France
Trunks of wood : 4 20 m
Diameter : 0.3 1.2 m
Density : 0.6 0.8
Life : de 400...2000 ans.
His Greek name "Drus" means the tree in general ... This variety, which has acorns with a long stalk and leaves with very short stalk, is mainly located in the plains, because it likes the soil deep and well watered. Its high shape, with crooked branches, was often alongside our homes for several centuries. You can see the magnificent oak close to a barn in Saint Etienne des Champs.
And its wood, dense and heavy, fine-grained, has often veins of bronze color, in that case it should keep its natural color so beautiful ...
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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 : Thuja
French : Thuya
English : Thuja
German : Lebensbaum
Italian : Tuja
Spanish : Tuya
Dutch : Levensboom
Origin : Amérique du Nord
Latin : Thuya plicata
Family : Cupressacées
Country : France
Trunks of wood : 4 20 m
Diameter : 0.3 1 m
Density : 0.4 0.6
Life : + de 400 ans.
Originally from the west coast of North America, from California to Alaska, he was introduced to England around 1853... He owes its name to its strong odor that comes from the Greek "Thuia" designating an aromatic wood. It is often marketed under the name "red cedar", including the covering of houses.
Used by the Haida Indians for their canoes or their totems, its timber, easy to work, which do not rot, has an intoxicating aroma.
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