Kaleidoscope Egg
another picture of the Kaleidoscope.
Kaleidoscope Egg
another picture of the Kaleidoscope from the bottom end.
Kaleioscope Egg
I tried to capture the design of the cyrstals on the inside.
Mahogany Kaleidoscope
$
45.00
Solid Mahognany with great soft grains. Beautiful Crystals insides. Each egg is one of a kind and hand turned.In the natural rainforest, Mahogany is a very large canopy tree, sometimes reaching over 150 feet in height, with trunks sometimes more than 6 feet in diameter above a large basal buttress. It is a generally open-crowned tree, with gray to brownish-red fissured bark. Status: Mahogany is perhaps the most valuable timber tree in the whole of Latin America and has been heavily exploited for most of this century. Mahogany is becoming increasingly rare, and is already extinct in parts of its original range. It is listed as threatened in "Arboles Maderables en Peligro de Extinción en Costa Rica" and is listed in CITES Appendix III.
The Wood: Mahogany varies from yellowish, reddish, pinkish, or salmon colored when freshly cut, to a deep rich red, to reddish brown as the wood matures with age.
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The Wood: Mahogany varies from yellowish, reddish, pinkish, or salmon colored when freshly cut, to a deep rich red, to reddish brown as the wood matures with age.
Shipping included !
Buckeye Burl Kaleidoscope Egg
$
89.00
Buckeye Burl custom order egg Shipping included!
Buckeye Burl
Buckeye burl is a unique wood that is often used in luxury hand crafted pens and pencils. Its characteristics offer a beautiful appearance but present challenges during the crafting process. This excerpt reveals the interesting background, physical character, and other considerations relevant to determining if this wood is a viable option for your use as a collector or artisan of fine writing instruments.
The name, buckeye burl, describes two distinct elements. First, buckeye is the wood itself. Burl, is a distinctive characteristic of wood in general. Each will be described to provide a complete understanding of this specific combination.
Burled wood describes a condition where portions of the tree have been distorted and/or knotted. This condition presents unusual pattern and color variations in the burled regions. The resulting appearance is very appealing to many. While the deformation is desired from an aesthetic perspective, the artisan is challenged to create the desired form in the wood without cracking or breaking. Sharp tools and a steady hand are required to prevent this damage. As a result, a burl wood creation is often more expensive than other types of wood.
Buckeye, Aesculus glabra, is a tree that grows predominately in Ohio and other parts of the Ohio Valley. The common name "Buckeye" is said to have derived from American Indians in the area that observed that the tree's seeds looked very similar to the eyes of the male deer in the region. Another interesting historical note is that William Henry Harrison adopted the buckeye tree and its nuts as campaign symbols during the 1840 presidential election. And of course, Ohio State University has adopted the name.
The buckeye tree is medium sized, reaching less than 100 feet with a trunk diameter of up to three feet. Its wood is relatively light in weight as well as color. When burl is part of its composition, dark areas are also prominent. The wood also has a unique texture. When cutting tools are applied, a fine dust, rather than shavings, are produced. This characteristic lends itself to a smooth finish. However, it is also very porous. So, extra amounts of polish or finish material are needed to protect the finish. To help visualize, it may be helpful to see a luxury pen made of buckeye burl.
Buckeye burl is a unique exotic wood that should be considered for use in a hand crafted luxury writing instrument. It has an interesting American history and is appealing to the eye. As an artisan, consider the challenges it presents in the crafting process and remember to use sharp tools when cutting or forming on the lathe. As a collector or consumer, keep in mind that pieces crafted of this wood can be more expensive than alternatives because of its material cost and difficulty in crafting.
Buckeye Burl
Buckeye burl is a unique wood that is often used in luxury hand crafted pens and pencils. Its characteristics offer a beautiful appearance but present challenges during the crafting process. This excerpt reveals the interesting background, physical character, and other considerations relevant to determining if this wood is a viable option for your use as a collector or artisan of fine writing instruments.
The name, buckeye burl, describes two distinct elements. First, buckeye is the wood itself. Burl, is a distinctive characteristic of wood in general. Each will be described to provide a complete understanding of this specific combination.
Burled wood describes a condition where portions of the tree have been distorted and/or knotted. This condition presents unusual pattern and color variations in the burled regions. The resulting appearance is very appealing to many. While the deformation is desired from an aesthetic perspective, the artisan is challenged to create the desired form in the wood without cracking or breaking. Sharp tools and a steady hand are required to prevent this damage. As a result, a burl wood creation is often more expensive than other types of wood.
Buckeye, Aesculus glabra, is a tree that grows predominately in Ohio and other parts of the Ohio Valley. The common name "Buckeye" is said to have derived from American Indians in the area that observed that the tree's seeds looked very similar to the eyes of the male deer in the region. Another interesting historical note is that William Henry Harrison adopted the buckeye tree and its nuts as campaign symbols during the 1840 presidential election. And of course, Ohio State University has adopted the name.
The buckeye tree is medium sized, reaching less than 100 feet with a trunk diameter of up to three feet. Its wood is relatively light in weight as well as color. When burl is part of its composition, dark areas are also prominent. The wood also has a unique texture. When cutting tools are applied, a fine dust, rather than shavings, are produced. This characteristic lends itself to a smooth finish. However, it is also very porous. So, extra amounts of polish or finish material are needed to protect the finish. To help visualize, it may be helpful to see a luxury pen made of buckeye burl.
Buckeye burl is a unique exotic wood that should be considered for use in a hand crafted luxury writing instrument. It has an interesting American history and is appealing to the eye. As an artisan, consider the challenges it presents in the crafting process and remember to use sharp tools when cutting or forming on the lathe. As a collector or consumer, keep in mind that pieces crafted of this wood can be more expensive than alternatives because of its material cost and difficulty in crafting.
Spalted Maple Wine Cork
No real cork here made from quality materials heavy chrome metal bottom with a hand turned wooden top.This is not a particular species of maple, but rather a FIGURE of maple. Spalted maple typically has the "classic black-line" spalting that is exactly what most people think of when they think of spalting.Spalting is any form of wood coloration caused by fungi. Although primarily found in dead trees spalting can also occur under stressed tree conditions or even in living trees
Wine Topper
Red Flame Box Elder topper on this one beautiful tan wood with streaks of redish to pink colors running through.This wood is a maple species and is related to the elder tree. Flame" (or "flamed", or sometimes "candy", or sometimes "red") box elder refers to the wood after it has been affected by a process that has been the subject of both some scholarly investigation and some debate. The end result of the process, whatever the true cause, is that the wood turns red, sometimes VERY red, in areas that can be quite extensive throughout the tree, as is illustrated by many of the images on this page.
The process is described variously as one or the other or both of two separate possible causes. The first cause is any form of stress, such as a bug attack, wire wrapped around a tree, something (a fence post or another tree) pushing up against the tree, or long-term bending stress caused by wind or heavy snow. The second cause is a fungus, brought into the tree by a bug attack
The process is described variously as one or the other or both of two separate possible causes. The first cause is any form of stress, such as a bug attack, wire wrapped around a tree, something (a fence post or another tree) pushing up against the tree, or long-term bending stress caused by wind or heavy snow. The second cause is a fungus, brought into the tree by a bug attack