Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Zoom w a View: A slab of mulberry finds a home

When I purchased two slabs of mulberry last year I didn’t have a project in mind for them.

They were closer to lime green than any other colour and I felt I had to take them home; the price tag, $18 per slab, didn’t deter me. I would think of something.


["A slab of mulberry will soon be home": photo GH]

Within a week I’d decided not to cut the mulberry into faces for birdhouses. I thought I’d just show off the wood in some way.

The first piece eventually became the focal point of a wall-hanging on my front porch.

The second will soon grace the back wall of the house.

Though the wood has dried and is now 300 shades of brown I still enjoy the colour and swirling grains of the wood.

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