Oughscanoto

Black Cherry

(Prunus serotina)

A great piece of work if I must say so myself.  And I do.  I finally finished him in February of 2005.  He has light brown eyes and comes in at 80 pounds.   Even though this horse is constructed entirely of black cherry I chose the pieces from mostly sapwood that would give it the lighter cherry look as opposed to the red cherry look.  The background for this picture is actually a snapshot of what the real wood looks like.  Different, very different.  As you can see from the picture of the horse it has a great variety of colors in it.  When they build most things out of cherry or any other wood for that matter they will stain the wood to get a consistent coloring pattern throughout.  How boring.  I choose the pieces with the greatest variety in them and how beautiful they really can be.  Maybe a  lesson in tolerance  or understanding here.