Hardwood & Softwood

Solomon Island Wood

May 9, 2012 West Wind Hardwood & Softwood, Photos

I recently read an article form our brokerage company advising that logging practices in the Solomon Islands was not sustainable. So I immediately asked our contact for this wood to comment. Here is what was said: “The Solomon Islands are a developing country and, as such, suffer from the misfortune of corruption and not having [...]

0 hardwood, lumber industry, solomon islands, wood export, wood import

Wood Sculptures by John Briggs

February 29, 2012 West Wind Customer Projects, Hardwood & Softwood, Photos

Talented Artist and West Wind customer, John Briggs, created these beautiful sculptures with our wood. jbriggs@telus.net photos by Dennis Urbonas

5 art, customer projects, sculptures

European Beech

January 13, 2012 West Wind Exploration, Hardwood & Softwood, Our Travels, Photos

Fagus sylvatica, the European beech or common beech, is a deciduous tree belonging to the beech family Fagacaea. It has a natural range extending from southern Sweden though to central Italy, west to France, northern Portugal and central Spain. Although oft regarded as a native in southern England, recent evidence suggests it did not reach here after until [...]

5 beech, denmark, europe, exploration, nature, photos, trees

Reader’s Forum – Yellow Cedar Deck Chairs

January 13, 2012 West Wind Customer Projects, Hardwood & Softwood, Photos, Reader's Forum

But, if you are an Islander, you know what the oil will do to this. For the construction, you need some good hand planes to deal with the Red Cedar inlay.

If you live on Vancouver Island, you have a deck or patio and have some nasty chairs and tables. If you are a woodworker on Vancouver Island, winter is the time – the gardens are done and the fishing is waning. Two winters ago, my dear friends asked me to build some deck chairs and a [...]

13 customer projects, deck furniture, DIY, photos, yellow cedar

The Yellow Cedar

November 25, 2011 West Wind Exploration, Hardwood & Softwood, Photos

A Communal Resident

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It’s a given that my mission, when on holidays, is to take tree and/or wood-related pictures for our newsletter…and what an opportunity Strathcona Park gave us. This past September, found us on our annual tenting holiday; just before the park closed its gates for the winter. We came prepared, both mentally and physically, for full-day hikes of 5-6 hours; weather permitting. And thus

7 BC Parks, exploration, photos, softwoods, yellow cedar

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