The Gift

King William Pine

This was first and foremost a pleasure to create.

Having already worked on a Kingbilly burl already I was prepared for the challenges ahead 

I wanted to create something deep and flowing but also reveal the inner heart of the wood 

What emerged was fragile, delicate intricacies in the grain and the structure itself

opening up , revealing itself like some strange flower .

Presenting some strange sprawling landscape, and finished to a high 800 grit sanding

and oiled and buffed with natural oils and bees wax.

enjoy 

Tasmania: Tasmanian Black wood

Tasmanian Blackwood, this is uniquely Tasmanian and it is very rare to find a burl form of,

 whilst traveling around Stanley, I walked around the Nut on a somewhat questionable day with the weather . 

It began to rain and i had to take refuge in the local boat building shed where they had a side shop / museum .

That is where i found this ... amazingly in the shape of the place where it grew from, 

right down to central lakes and coast line features,

Filled with dark mystery, and splashes of deepening blacks

and reds with this flashing wave of white , the east coast beaches.

This white streak is the sap wood and part of the trunk or branch that the burl grew upon.

Although this is very small in size ,

it's character is deep an an flowing

sweeping out of its self,

reveling all these amazing features.

hope you enjoy