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World of Wood JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL WOOD COLLECTORS SOCIETY Volume 62, Number 3 May/June 2009 May/June 2009 World of Wood 1 World of Wood Vol. 62, No. 3 ISSN 1068-7300 May/June 2009 The International Wood Collectors Society, founded in 1947, is a non-profit society advancing information on wood. Contents Officers and Trustees President: Garry Roux Greetings everyone. 3 Vice President: Gary Gronborg, Veneers— my inlays and veneer Secretary-Treasurer: Bill & Myrtle Cockrell, collection . 4 Publications Chairman: Chuck Holder, Endowment FundChairman: Dan James ...sorting through the off-cuts . 6 Archivist: Jerry Zipprich, A message from a long-serving member . 7 Past President: Art Lee, Regional Trustees Waltzing Matilda ‘09 . 8 NE USA (2006-2009) Ron DeWitt, SE USA (2007-2010) Chris Nothnagle, Letter to the Editor . 9 Great Lakes USA (2008-2011) Bob Chastain, Galls and burls . 10 Central USA (2008-2009) Stan King, NW USA (2007-2010): Fred Holder, Kebon Raya, Bogor, Botanical Gardens . 11 SW USA (2008-2011) Les Campbell, Canada (2006-2009) Greg Reed, Growth Rings: The IWCS Record . 12 UK (2006-2009) Ted Ingle, Exploring . The Effect of Climate on Australasia (2007-2010) Ian McLaughlin, Wood Growth . 14 Committee Chairpersons A sort-of a book review . 16 All-Mail Auction: Art Brennan, Membership: Garry Roux, Meet the new Vice President . 17 Museum Committee: Robert Ritchie, New-member Correspondent: Bill Cockrell, A Fovourite Wood . 18 Wood Import Permit: Alan Curtis, All-Mail Auction . 20 Wood Specimen Kits: Dan Keierleber, Web Master: Erlene Tarleton, Shrubwoods of the World . 22 Website Committee: Chuck Holder, Corporate Membership Coordinator: Daryle Layton, Birdseye walnut –rare or not so rare? . 25 Student Membership Coordinator: Les Campbell, Member’s Listings and Requests . 26 Wood Meets . 27 Personal Information has been deleted from the copy of this issue Australian woods No 15 . 28 Regis-tree . 30 Corrections, 2009 IWCS Directory . 31 More strange things Down Under . 32 World of Wood, published bimonthly by the International Wood Collectors Society, is Editor: Morris Lake devoted to distributing information on collecting wood, correctly identifying and naming 22 Julia St, Highgate Hill, Q 4101 wood specimens, and using wood in creative crafts. AUSTRALIA Contributions for publication may be educational, scientific, technical or of general interest Telephone: From overseas: 061 07 3844 1246 to members and relevant to the purposes of the Society. Papers may be refereed by an Within Australia: (07) 3844 1246 Editorial Board of technically trained members. E-mail: [email protected] The phrases ‘World of Wood’, ‘ IWCS Wood Data Sheet’ and all materials contained herein Associate Editors: are © Copyright protected by the International Wood Collectors Society. Address requests to reprint material to the editor. Ken Bassett — Washington, USA. Richard Crow — Cornwall, England. World of Wood is published as a benefit to members of the IWCS, a non-profit organization Alan Curtis — Oregon, USA. of botanists, dendrologists, and other scientists, technologists, wood collectors, hobbyists Ron DeWitt — New York, USA. and crafts people for mutual assistance and reciprocation. Eugene Dimitriadis — Victoria, Australia. Membership rates for individuals or couples worldwide are: US $35 annually, US $90 for 3 David Greve — Queensland, Australia. years, US $125 for 5years and US $500 for life membership. Student Membership is US$15 Fred Holder — Washington, USA. per year. Corporate Membership US$125 annually, US$325 for 3 years, US$450 for 5 years. Willem Hurkmans — Overijssel, Netherlands. Applications are available from the Secretary-Treasurer or from the IWCS website. Dues Emie Ives — Suffolk, England. and address changes also should be directed to the Secretary-Treasurer. Nelis Mourik—South Holland, Netherlands. We encourage your membership in our unique international organization. Susan Stamm — Wisconsin, USA. IWCS World wide web site: Cover photograph..Background; Root burl of Eucalyptus delegatensis ssp. tasmaniensis, Tasmanian oak. Centre; Dieter Becker’s well prepared and documented http://www.woodcollectors.org veneer collection. Read his story on page 4.. 2 World of Wood May/June 2009 The President’s Message from Garry Roux Greetings everyone! By the time you are reading this, the to start looking for a new project for final details will be completed for the him. 2009 IWCS Annual meeting at Ron DeWitt had a great idea for a Stayokay Hotel, Soest, Netherlands. new section of the World of Wood—a Some of you may already be on your member profiles section. In this way there for the pre-meeting tours. section, there would be a small I’m disappointed that Shelly and I biography (a page or less) about one will not be able to attend. We wanted or two of our members, no matter to go very badly, but due to life’s what that member does, whether twists and turns, things happen they are a crafter, professional about which we have no control. I’m woodworker, specimen collector, sure that everyone there will have a taxonomist, teacher, wood scientist, great experience. I hope to read financial struggles without cutting wood supplier, bus driver, wannabe, any existing benefits, like the some articles in the next couple of or anything. In discussions with issues of World of Wood about the journals or directory, or raising the numerous members, we have some dues. meeting and adventures that extraordinarily talented individuals, Since I’m on the subject of finances, members had there. and it would be great to learn more in this issue you will find the items I’m happy to announce that Gary about them. I would like to see for the All-mail Auction. Please be Gronborg has stepped forward to someone volunteer for an associate generous with your bidding. Thanks serve as Vice-President on the Board editor position and help this become again Art Brennan for organizing of Directors. His knowledge and a regular feature. that for us! experiences will be a great asset to In my previous articles, I’ve Summer is approaching quickly (for this organization. Thank you, Gary. discussed the financial difficulties the northern hemisphere at least), Dan Keierleber of San Antonio, the organization is facing. Everyone and with that comes more Texas, has also stepped forward to can help out by spreading the word opportunities for wood collecting. It take over the wood specimen kits. that there is a new section on the would be great if some of you would Please give your support to Dan website. We will be selling craft submit articles about your when he requests various species of items made and donated by our adventures in gathering and finding wood. Thanks Dan, and a big thank- members. These items will have a set some of your treasures. There will you to Marvin Smith for doing these price (in US dollars). Postage will be also be various regional and local kits in the previous years. We’ll have based on US shipment only, so if you meetings held. Take these need overseas shipping, you will opportunities to meet new members have to email or call for the prices. and old friends. A note for contributors These items are different from the All-mail Auction, because the It’s also time to start planning your Please submit articles as you general public will be allowed to 2010 vacations. You won’t want to complete them. I can then format miss the meetings that are being them and ‘lay’ them into future purchase them as well. The first editions as they will appear. In this selection of items will be segmented planned—they will be great! It way each edition will ‘grow’ and vases and bowls crafted by Jim would really be nice to see some of present a balance of topics. I will Zoellner. Thanks Jim for the the overseas members at these advise you when they will appear. donation! We need other members to meetings too. This will also reduce the last minute be generous and donate additional I hope to see you soon and rush to meet final edit and printing items that would make beautiful remember that each day is a new deadlines. gifts or keepsakes for the purchaser. beginning, and seize that Absolute last minute changes should get to me before: There will be additional information opportunity. 1 July for July/August 2009 issue on our website. The board and I feel 1 Sept for Sept/October issue this is a great opportunity to help the 1 Nov for Nov/December issue E-mail copy to: [email protected] May/June 2009 World of Wood 3 Veneers— my inlays and veneer collection Dieter Becker # 6362. Inlays —Marquetry But later found I collected veneers from dealers all I was only around 14 that Ruth Felber over Germany, and I also collected years old when I first in Heilbronn had wood reference books. Our holidays worked with veneers in veneers in all were veneer searches. Fortunately school—we inlayed the hues and the Gerda understood and was patient lid of a toolbox. This was most beautiful with me. Our journeys led us to my beginning with burl-veneers, Hamburg, Stuttgart, Minden, veneers. and this has Hundsleben. Three journeys were I got myself waste pieces been my main also made to a region north of Milan of veneers from a veneer contact in Italy—at that time a paradise for carpenter’s workshop to for 32 years. veneer enthusiasts. make my first inlay I also began to In the early days dealers had sheds pictures. Working with read literature with open stacks for you to select veneers became my about intarsia, from. Then came the era of shelf passion and for the next One of my very detailed wood but I found that storage in high-bay warehouses and year I spent every free pictures.