John Stevens
07-05-2006, 1:26 AM
I'm making a chest of drawers for our living room. All of our living room furniture is maple, some of it is bird's eye maple, so I figured I'd make the drawer faces of the new chest from bird's eye maple.
When I bought the wood for the drawer faces, my thinking was that "when it comes to bird's eye, you can't have too much figure." Now I wonder if I was mistaken.
I'm wondering if the visual appeal of bird's eyes is the contrast they make with the otherwise "plain" grain of the maple. When the bird's eyes are so dense that they no longer stand out from the background...well, then there is no background, and the wood just looks "wild" or "wooly," like a snapshot of a swarm of angry bees. At least that's how I'd describe the wood I bought.
How many of you think that "medium" bird's eye maple is more beautiful than "heavy" bird's eye maple?
I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but I'd really appreciate hearing other peoples' opinions. Thanks in advance!
When I bought the wood for the drawer faces, my thinking was that "when it comes to bird's eye, you can't have too much figure." Now I wonder if I was mistaken.
I'm wondering if the visual appeal of bird's eyes is the contrast they make with the otherwise "plain" grain of the maple. When the bird's eyes are so dense that they no longer stand out from the background...well, then there is no background, and the wood just looks "wild" or "wooly," like a snapshot of a swarm of angry bees. At least that's how I'd describe the wood I bought.
How many of you think that "medium" bird's eye maple is more beautiful than "heavy" bird's eye maple?
I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but I'd really appreciate hearing other peoples' opinions. Thanks in advance!