Burr Elm some excellent figure and contrast. This one is natural colouring and measures around 30x50x145mm. There are some small voids that can be filled with ca glue or UV resin after the block has been rough shaped.
The market has recently been flooded with low quality stabilised wood thanks to cheap vacuum chambers and diy videos. Our stabilised wood comes from years of experience using high quality vacuum and pressure chambers and the finest burliest UK sourced wood.
stabilising is the process of forcing a particular type of resin deep into the pores of the wood using vacuum chambers and pressure pots and a lot of patience! This hardens the wood and makes it far more resistant to moisture and aging. Adding dye to that resin colours the wood all the way though the block. All the patterning comes from the grain of the wood. There are different kinds of stabilising resin, but most will not fill voids, for that you need epoxy or UV casting resin.
