MOKUREI COLLECTION / ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHMOKUREI STUDIO / SPECIMEN 007
Olivewood
Olea europaea
Cream-to-honey base with dark, smoky, sweeping veins.
- Botanical family
- Oleaceae
- Average dry density
- 980 kg/m³ (≈12% MC)
- Janka hardness
- 2,710 lbf
- Native distribution
- Mediterranean & Africa; widely cultivated
- Grain & texture
- Irregular, swirling and often interlocked
Original photograph © Mokurei Studio · physical timber held in the studio collection. Identification supplied by the studio; reference properties are not individual sample measurements.
Material character
Naturally lustrous wood with intense figure; turning reveals particularly beautiful movement in the grain.
Notable applications
Tableware, small decorative objects, turned vessels and handles.
Of particular interest
Old trees and root-adjacent sections can display very dramatic figure, but this does not guarantee dimensional stability.
Workshop note
Dense and beautiful, yet prone to movement if not thoroughly dried and appropriately prepared.
Wood identification is provided by the Mokurei Studio collection, not independently laboratory-verified. Technical figures are reference averages, not measurements of the photographed piece; they vary with provenance and moisture.