Blistered maple, not just a clever name

[Richard Coers]

I thought I'd start a new post, I found this maple log about 15 years ago. The entire outside of the tree was this way and spent 10 hours cutting and slabbing it out. As I have found with other figured maple, the figure can be only about 8"-10" deep around the outside. It lead me to believe that some figuring is caused by stress on the tree. Nothing scientific, just my opinion. You can tell it was spring as the bark was perfect to peel off. Anything I have turned from it has sold, just have a few pieces left.

 

[Leo Van Der Loo]

I have seen those bumps and the outcome of it I have called Quilted Maple.
It does not look like the Blister figure I put in the previous thread.

 

[Richard Coers]

I consider quilted to be a very heavy concentration, and blister a slight concentration.

 

[robo hippy]

All the different names, for pretty much the same thing, confuse me, and I don't need any help in that direction.... Arborists call it 'reaction' wood. There are some trees that have a genetic disposition towards developing lots of figure/ripple/reaction. The whole tree can have lots of figure. Saw one black walnut that was that way, but a local furniture maker got it all.... You can take grafts from birds eye maple trees, and some of the resulting trees will have the birds eye figure and some won't. Just because I guess....

robo hippy

 

[Darryl Fective]

Good name for it. I had some maple for firewood and got a nice blank for this platter from it. Made a nice wedding gift for my nephew and his bride.

 

[Darryl Fective]

I consider quilted to be a very heavy concentration, and blister a slight concentration.

I call it quilted if there's a sort of pattern to it. Blistered fits for a more random bubble-like pattern.

 

[Neil S]

I call this quilted...

 

[Glenn C Roberts]

Neil,
I call it amazing!

 

[Richard Coers]

Here's another interesting maple pattern. Curly figure, but it comes to points in the middle of the board and weaves into other curl lines.