Ghost Maple Side Table

For Christmas, my brother and sister-in-law gave me an eight foot long, 11" wide, 6/4 thick piece of highly figured ghost maple (exciting, I know). I struggled for a while on what to do with it, and ultimately I opted for simplicity and mixing media in a way I hadn't before.

Wine Rack 4.0 - Mahogany and Maple

I've made them for friends; I've made them for family; this time, I made one for myself.

Picture-palooza after the jump...

Cutting Board 2.2 - Maple, Large

Maple cutting board

Merry Christmas, one maple edge-grain cutting board found its way under a tree this year.

Ghost Maple Napa Cork Trivet

Look at that rippling flame figure

We recently went to Napa and tasted a whole lot of really good wine (as ya do). I snagged corks from the places we stopped, and eventually put them together into this trivet.

Details after the jump...

Ghost Maple

Wood has a story to tell.

I talked about ghost maple before, when I wrote generally about maple. I'm working with some ghost maple right now and one of the boards I had gave an excellent view of how the figure is created.

Maple

Maple - unfinished

Maple - it's a stalwart wood in America. It's abundant, cheap, hard, strong, stable, and versatile in design. 

Flame Ghost Maple - finished with polyurethane

It comes in plain form, as well as highly figured varieties. "Ghost" maple, is just one variety.

More info and pictures after the jump...