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  1. Commissioned Trophies

    Commissioned Trophies

    Two trophies I recently made from the same Matai as the Matai burl bowl in my previous post but not burl wood. Very old, hard and dense wood to work with. Height:450mm x 180mm (17-3/4" x 7- 1/8")
  2. Matai Burl Bowl

    Matai Burl Bowl

    Very old Matai burl. The tree was cut down about 90 years ago to plant pine trees!! If considered no good for building timber the trees were bulldozed into piles and burned. 60 years later the logs were salvaged and mostly cut up for firewood but some of the burls survived and were too hard to...
  3. Toru 2

    Toru 2

    Toru II Wood: Swamp Matai Diameter: 270mm (10 3/4") Height: 85mm (3 1/2") The swamp Matai was probably buried in a swamp after the Taupo eruption, which was about 1800 years ago. The wood isn't the best to work because it is very brittle and smells like a swamp. The piece is...
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