A Little More About Wood...
Before attending the Northern Indiana Woodworkers Association Exposition in Indiana, we attended the first meeting of Ohio Wood Builders Guild in Holmes County, at the Flea Market in Walnut Creek, OH. The same confidence present in Indiana, that the best furniture is made in the US, was present in Ohio.
Seminars presented in Ohio included a forest service representative talking about sustainable wood. It is in Ohio, he assured the audience, that there are more trees growing in Ohio today, than at the beginning of the 20th century. Trees can’t be cut fast enough, they just keep growing.
Even though there are plenty of trees for making Amish furniture, there are new ways of using more of the tree that is cut. Rustic cherry and rustic hickory are examples. Less of the tree is trimmed away, giving more character and interest to the wood. Places where the limbs meet the trunk, or wood knots are left in place. Less waste. Waste not, want not.
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