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MANZANITA
Manzanita is a shrub which grows throughout the higher elevations
of the West, but the variety which has the beautiful, twisty, multicolored
striping on the branches is very limited in distribution, and grows
only on the steepest, most inaccessible slopes. Burls sometimes form
at the base of these shrubs, which we use for exquisite turnings of
vases, bowls, and lamps. Manzanita burl could well be the most colorful
wood on earth. It is also the third hardest wood in the world.
BUCKEYE BURL
Buckeye Burl comes from a variety of horse chestnut tree which grows
in the Western foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California.
The "nut" of the tree is poisonous to cattle, so ranchers
don't mind if we harvest some trees. The burls must be dug up with
bulldozers, as they are all underground in very rocky soil.
The incredible, swirling colors of yellow, black, and ocher are unlike
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Buckeye Tree
(Horse Chestnut)
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Manzanita Bush
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Saguaro Cactus Ribs
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SAGUARO CACTUS
The stately saguaro cactus found in the Southern deserts of Arizona
is supported by a "skeleton" of tough, fibrous "ribs",
which, after the plant dies and the flesh is removed provides a beautiful
decorative form, which lends itself to a variety of artistic purposes.
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