SPELLBOUND Arts

Most of my products are made from my favourite wood, American White Oak. This is such a beautiful tight grained wood and can be used for just about anything. 

 

Fascinating characteristics

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American White Oak is impervious to liquids and has been used extensively for ships, timbers, barrels and casks.

 

It is suited to cabinet and furniture making, joinery and heavy construction.

 

White Oak is the state tree of Connecticut, Illinois and Maryland.

 

Native throughout eastern USA and South Eastern Canada.

 

Native Americans used white Oak to treat a variety of ailments, including diarrhea, mouth sores, chapped skin, asthma and coughs.

 

Derivatives from White Oak trees were also used as antiseptics, emetics and fever reducing washes.

 

Native Americans and early settlers would boil and eat acorns.