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	Podcast:		Local Features by WXPR
	Episode:		Bird's-Eye Wood: Beautiful and Renewable
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:04:57
	Publish Date:		2019-07-09 07:47:51
	Description:		In this month's installment of Field Notes Scott Bowe of Kemp Station discusses bird’s-eye wood, some of the most beautiful material a woodworker can use. When I say “figure in wood” you may not be familiar with the phrase. But if I say bird’s-eye maple, an image of beautiful swirls pops into your mind. There are many other types of wood figure such as curly, tiger stripe, fiddleback, and quilted, but I would like to focus on bird’s-eye today. First, we should cover some basic wood anatomy. Please consider the main trunk of a tree such as a maple tree. If we were to cut a thin disk perpendicular to the trunk three feet above the ground, you would immediately recognize a number of features. The pith is at the very middle of the wood disk. The pith is from the very first growing season when the tree reached three feet tall. Around the pith you find consecutive growth rings representing the wood growth from one growing season. In Wisconsin, growth only occurs from spring to fall, leaf on
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