II.   THE MATERIAL ARCHIVE

SPECIMEN INDEX / BOTANICAL COLLECTION

An atlas
of timber.

A growing reference collection of woods selected for visual character, tactile quality and technical distinction.

Open a specimen card for its botanical identity, average density, Janka hardness, working properties and less familiar uses.

Original photography © Mokurei Studio. All timber shown belongs to our own collection.

54 SPECIMENS DOCUMENTED
Curated selection of raw timbers including contrasting light, dark, red and figured wood blanks
THE MATERIAL TABLE / VOL. 01
Organic figured burl slices and naturally contoured root wood on dark charcoal surface
ROOT & BURL / STUDY 02
✦THE SPECIMEN INDEX54 ENTRIES

* Density = typical air-dried mass at approximately 12% moisture content. Janka hardness = indentation resistance in pound-force (lbf); figures describe species averages, not a test of an individual Mokurei blank. A dagger (†) denotes a reference estimate. Where a different moisture basis applies, it is stated within the individual specimen record. Technical source: The Wood Database ↗

Exceptionally figured dark and amber timber, including snake-like spotted grain
FIGURE / PATTERN / CONTRAST
Sharp natural boundary between pale sapwood and dark heartwood in two timber blanks
ALBURNUM & HEARTWOOD
Curated study of pale, dark and figured hardwood blanks arranged on a charcoal surface
THE COLOUR LIBRARY

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