Our Homestead to Your Home
Wind, snow and ice bring down several large trees on our 225 acre property every year. I collect these trees and make engravings of your 4-legged family members.
Cookie vs Board
Judge for Yourself
The only difference between the top and bottom is the grain direction...But why does it make such a difference?
Imagine wood fibers like 1000 straws running up the trunk of a tree.
- Cookie - I trim the ends of the straws. "End Grain". It remains a bundle of tightly packed straws with deep roots that support each other.
- Board - The bundle of straws is laying on its side. The engraving process cuts the straws into a bunch of little segments with no roots. These chip away easily between the tree rings.
The results speak for themselves.
