Ebony wood used for some models is reclaimed from furniture makers and others sources, offering a rare wood with minimal environmental impact.
Not exact matches
Guitar fingerboards and bridges are made from
ebony wood, and koa
wood is
used for guitar backs, sides and tops, and these types of trees are being depleted.
In much the same spirit, the
ebony used for some models is reclaimed from furniture makers and others sources to offer a beautiful and rare
wood with minimal environmental impact.
With extreme precision and craftsmanship, the artist creates intricately detailed, complex patterned «wooden kente cloths»
using humble pieces of pine,
ebony, ash, maple, walnut, plywood, and other soft and hard
woods.
Oak, at first almost the only
wood used, became monotonous, and as a relief,
ebony and other rare
woods, introduced by the then commencing commerce with the Indies, were made available for the embellishments of furniture and
wood work of this time.
«We
use woods like Cocobolo and Macassar
Ebony that are harder to machine and finish so it takes as long as 4 to 5 weeks for each run.