

Exotic Woods
This month I acquired a very large (to me) supply of license harvested exotic woods. The majority of my works throughout my career have been made of the domestic species, mostly of what lives in my area of northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin. I've often shied away from exotic woods because of their very high cost and non assurance of contribution to extinction of rare species. I've been complimented by several of my collectors that I am one of the best in the current wo