Wood library / Korean woods
Birch
Birch
Light, understated wood with even grain. Spalted pieces have a particularly distinctive appearance.
WOODWAY MAGAZINEFamiliar for its white bark, birch produces light, fine-grained wood used for plywood and furniture.
Naturally shaped boards with light beige colour and quiet grain.
- Scientific name
- Betula platyphylla
- Origin
- Korea and elsewhere
- Colour
- Pale yellow-white
- Characteristics
- Light colour · Even grain · Spalted figure
- Suggested uses
- Furniture · Boards · Carving · Small objects
Colour, figure, knots and cracks vary even within the same species. Check photographs, condition and usable dimensions of the actual piece before ordering.
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