Saturday, 26 December 2015

Spalted beauty and rugged walnut

A little bit of productivity here as we have a couple weeks off for Christmas break. The spalted maple turned out to be very interesting. The lines and knots keep me gazing at it now that it is all soft and smooth.





This new walnut board is another favourite. After the wood is sanded five times with a higher grit paper each time, it turns out silky smooth. An elegant wood. This one has a great little knot on one corner which reminds me that even though it is worthy to display fine cheese, it was recently a big old black walnut standing tall for years and years in a bush a few minutes down the road. Love that!