Exotic Wood maple, curly

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MAPLE, CURLY

my samples: colors are NOT as good as I would like; the pics tend to show a false orange tint or to just NOT show the correct off-white color but look somewhat gray instead. Many of the pics throughout my own samples are CLOSE to correct in color but not quite white enough.

a couple of sticks donated by Jim Glynn --- thanks Jim. These pics demonstrate quite well a phenonenon that you'll see throughout this site, which is that head-on shots of curly wood tend to make the curl look weaker than it is whereas shots from an angle allow the curl to show up properly. Also, the difference in color between the two pics is mostly due to the shift in angle, although the pic on the right shows a little darker than the actual wood. The color of the wood itself is a little more white than the pics, which have a mild orangish tint that is not present in the wood.

end grain closeup of the piece directly above

plank and end grain

end grain closeup of the piece directly above

side shot of the same piece, taken because I noticed some nice ray flakes

plank and end grain

end grain closeup of the piece directly above

rough surfaced planks with weak curl --- color is a tiny shade too green

some small cutoffs I got in a mixed lot --- curl strength is mixed but generally weak. The color in this pic has a hint of red that is not in the planks

plank

plank and closeup

plank

plank and closeup

plank

plank and end grain

end grain closeup of the piece directly above

plank and end grain

end grain closeup of the piece directly above

two planks --- I continue to experiment with ways to capture the exact color of these planks and the ones above and I am never quite successful. These two planks are absolutely identical in color; the difference shown here is due to differences in my color correction, which still doesn't quite get it right. The actual wood is more white than what you see here --- it has no orange tint at all. In the first pic, the color has a false orange tint and in the second pic, the color has a faint (and false) blue or purpulish tint.

plank and closeup

plank

two views of a small curly red maple bowl blank and then the same piece mositened with water, which clearly improves the color and beauty of the piece, which by the way has a small amount of spalting.

side and end shots of a piece that cut off of a large turning block that was sold to me as "redheart curly maple" (whatever that is --- presumably red maple) --- the end shot has a blue tinge that is not present in the wood, but otherwise the colors are accurate. This IS technincally "curly" but the amount of curl is pretty minor.

end grain closeup of the piece directly above

curly veneer, color is accurate.

curly veneer --- there is a little too much yellow/red in these pics; as always, I have a hard time getting yellow shades to come out correctly in the pics.

curly veneer with WAY too much yellow/orange tint

curly maple crotch

web pics:

flat cut planks

flat cut planks --- I bought both of these and there is not a hint of yellow or orange in them; both are a nice clean white but the false colors are common for web pics of this species

planks

the web pic of a plank that some of my own samples are taken from. This is an unusually accurate pic relative to what one normally finds on the internet

web pic of a couple of planks that some of my own samples are taken from. This is a totally inaccurate pic in terms of color --- there is not a hint of pink in the actual wood