#woodgrain

Hardwood Floor with Sun Coming In Woodgrain Closeup I love how we can always see the magic in things when we look closely. All the mundane is built on top of a foundation of the infinite. Wooden Bridge

Life is a journey. You walk, you run, you sail, you fly. And sometimes you just have to stand there and observe the beauty. Steepshot IPFS IOS Android Web

Woodshed • Architectural Photography I photographed this woodshed in the countryside of Connecticut. The exposure to the elements has created a beautiful natural pattern in the wood grain. Designers in

I made this to be a turntable stand but I have not made legs for it yet, and I do not have a turntable, or any vinyl. This is koa veneer with solid koa trim. The layup is called sunburst or starburst,

Closeup of some freshly oiled walnut burl.

Is it Serenity hittin' atmo? Ice fishing? The moment of conception?

A speaker stand I made in birdseye walnut.

Some cutoffs from the demilune tea table I posted a while back.

Some walnut burl offcuts I have no idea what to do with. Although, it would probably taste better than Domino’s.

Freeform carving in monkeypod.

A pair of desktop speakers I made a while back. This is walnut burl. The burl came in four sheets of matched veneer. On the left is raw, on the right is finished with oil Both speakers finished and polished.

Curly koa

Extreme closeup of a repair to a veneer panel in walnut burl. And a wider shot of the finished panel.

Quartersawn Sycamore These are called medullary rays. They carry nutrients and water from the heart to the bark. They are most visible when the wood is cut right through the center of the trunk.

Another selection from my stash of crotch walnut. The colors, man, the colors!

Mesquite You can see here how the wood fibers grew around a broken branch.

Curly maple with dramatic colors in the heartwood. I found all this spectacular colorful curly maple in with the plain, cheap maple boards at a local lumber yard. Looking back I should have bought every

Spalted Mango This is the edge of a freeform bowl I made a few years back. When fresh hewn mango wood sits on damp ground, this fungus starts to decompose the wood, leaving this black line as it grows

Crotch Walnut