Bog Oak Desk Clock features 2000 year old wood with beautiful texture from an Eastern Europe river bed. It is one of the most expensive woods as the process to bring the material to market is so difficult. Usually the species is Oak. The trees are under riverbeds for thousands of years. There is no oxygen this deep so the tree does not disintegrate. Over the years it absorbs minerals and turns black in color. These logs are found with sonar and then dug from the riverbed. Often these logs carbon date and go back 5000 years. Just imagine that these trees were growing when the Egyptians were building the Pyramids.
Bog Oak Material
I was given planks of Bog Oak by an importer to test the products potential for turning. It is already a proven product for furniture making. I found the material difficult to fabricate. It is not solid and there are voids throughout the slabs. While turning a bowl a large opening would appear and the bowl would break up. I like Bog Oak material for jewelry because it has beautiful texture, but I think it has limited use for turning larger items. This clock is one of the cut off pieces with great color and an organic shape. It thought is best to leave the material as it was and created this desk clock.
If you like the Bog Oak Desk Clock check out my jewelry from this material which is unique in strength and color.
Gift Ideas
My jewelry features many different materials and you can see what I am up to in my store on the website or In my Etsy shop.
Studio
I design all my items in my New Jersey, USA studio. My wood turning journey is incredible and it is an honor to be able to share my experience and art with you.