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Natural blue wood

Pierre---

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Feb 3, 2016
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France
First Name
Pierre
I live at the border of a nice forest (Fontainebleau), where I sometimes see rotten wood on the ground that is, oddly enough, blue. I tried to get some infos, and I learned this is due to a special mushroom that gives this strange colour to the wood. The blue is very resistant: such a wood has been used in marquetry during the XVIth and XVIIth centuries, and the colour is still bright...

I collected it and try to turn it. It usually displays a nice blue-green colour, but is often too rotten to be turned. When it is strong enough, it is less blue... Sometimes a happy medium shows up, on which I often like to add some mother-of-pearl adornments.
C&q very welcome.

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Penpal

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Canberra AUSTRALIA
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Peter
Interesting natural characteristic Pierre. Forest are marvellous places to look into. Like it with or without the dots. Wilma just remarked and I agree it looks like Jade. Well seen and researched mate.

Peter.
 

sammy

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Dec 13, 2016
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Staffordshire
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George
Absolutely beautiful Pierre, those pens are fantastic. The mother of pearl and the blue wood combine to make something very special. :thumbs::thumbs: :thumbs:
George
 

Freck Fraser

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Nairn
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Freck
Amazing natural colour to those Pierre, love the addition of MoP, in short, beautiful, lovely stuff:thumbs::thumbs::thumbs::thumbs:
 
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