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BLISTER

Blister is a form of figure that has fairly short, fairly straight raised sections. If they were more oval, it would be a quilt figure. If they were longer, it might be a fiddleback figure. If they were shorter, it would be pomelle figure. BUT ... it isn't any of these, so needed its own name. It occurs in several woods but is particularly available in makore and sapele.

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Examples:


blistered makore veneer


hard maple plank


Western maple veneer


English oak burl veneer

sapele veneer


sapele waterfall veneer