« Wild take off »
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Wood species used for the wood carving « Wild take off »
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Wild take off :
...All in lightness, smoothness, pending the small gust of wind which will turn it, turn it , then fly away. And now it has landed in a house that was waiting for it since a very long time.
Wood specie : Eucalyptus
French : Eucalyptus
English : Eucalyptus
German : Eukalyptus
Italian : Eucalypto
Spanish : Eucalypto
Dutch : Eucalyptus
Origin : Australie
Latin : Eucalyptus gunnii
Family : Myrtacées
Country : France
Trunks of wood : 10 20 m
Diameter : 0.5 1 m
Density : 0.7 0.8
Life : + de 100 ans.
It is the largest family with more than 500 varieties, present in the Sunda islands and of course in its region of origin, Australia ... The color blue has given its name to Blues Mountainscovered by eucalyptus, near Sydney Violaine ... thank you. Where it is strongly present, its dense wood, in marked veining, is used as lumber, carpentry and even for making barrels as in Portugal.
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Wood specie : Holly tree
French : Houx
English : Holly tree
German : Stechpalme
Italian : Agrifoglio
Spanish : Acebo
Dutch : Hulst
Origin : Europe
Latin : Ilex aquifolium
Family : Aquifoliacées
Country : France
Trunks of wood : 2 8 m
Diameter : 0.2 0.7 m
Density : 0.7 0.9
Life : + de 200 ans.
Its Latin name "aquifolium" comes from its sharped leaves (acus, folium). Since antiquity,it is the species of the winter solstice, with its foliage and its persistent red berries that mature in late December.
Hollywood, it's also the name for a very small ranch on an hill at the west of Los Angeles in 1886...
Wood dense, once polished looks almost like ivory ...As the little mermaid, figurehead of Jonas , souviens-toi comme la mer est belle...
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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 : 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 : 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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