Yellowheart Wood wrapped in Blood Wood Cross
This beautiful cross is hand-made from Yellowheart and Bloodwood;.
Here are a few facts about the wood that this beautiful cross is made from:
| Yellowheart Common Name: Yellowheart. Pau Amarello. Botanical Classification: Euxylophora Paraensis
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Characteristics: This beautiful exotic and imported hardwood is a bright yellow color, darkening only a little on exposure to sunlight. There is a little differentiation between heartwood and sapwood, or between spring and summer growth rings. The color is very consistent across the wood. It is usually straight grained and uniform. It dries relatively easily with limited checking and cracking. Common Uses: Flooring - furniture - knife handles - pens - scroll work - turnings - inlays - cabinetry. Working Properties: Yellowheart is relatively easy to work with both hand and power tools. It nails adequately, glues easily and sands to a high polish. This is not an oil wood, so it finishes with relative ease. Tree is Native To: Brazil.
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| Blood Wood Common Name: Bloodwood Botanical Classification: Brosimum paraense |
Characteristics:
the tree found in Brazil. Its dense heartwood (specific gravity of 1.15 when
dry) is commonly called bloodwood due to its striking red color. The sapwood
is easily distinguished by its yellowish-white color.
Tree is Native to: Brazil Common Uses: The wood has a fine texture and takes a high polish. The wood is very hard and has a tendency to blunt tools. The wood is used in decorative woodworking and woodturning under the names Satine and Satine Bloodwood. |
$45 each