cloudy beech
just occasionally some of our beech comes with extraordinary figuring and colouration.all sorts of causes from the life of the individual tree can be at play here: unusal growth patterns, proximity to branching or damage scarring, and infections or infestations, leaving ripples and waves or voids in the grain, or spectacular clouds of different colours.
and then there is spalting, the visible colouration from a fungal growth that runs through the wood, most often after felling and whilst the lumber is drying out. left to it's own devices the fungus will leave the wood unusuable but if halted in time it leaves an unpredictable tracery throughout the body of the wood leaving each piece completely unique and unrepeatable.
whenever these beautiful cloudy beech handles become available you will find them individually listed below - we can't predict their arrival nor can we take orders or reservations for them in advance. once each handle is bought it is gone for good.
just occasionally some of our beech comes with extraordinary figuring and colouration.all sorts of causes from the life of the individual tree can be at play here: unusal growth patterns, proximity to branching or damage scarring, and infections or infestations, leaving ripples and waves or voids in the grain, or spectacular clouds of different colours.
and then there is spalting, the visible colouration from a fungal growth that runs through the wood, most often after felling and whilst the lumber is drying out. left to it's own devices the fungus will leave the wood unusuable but if halted in time it leaves an unpredictable tracery throughout the body of the wood leaving each piece completely unique and unrepeatable.
whenever these beautiful cloudy beech handles become available you will find them individually listed below - we can't predict their arrival nor can we take orders or reservations for them in advance. once each handle is bought it is gone for good.