https://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/2012/04/04/more-q-a-mailbag/ inside the woodshop Sat, 05 May 2018 03:25:46 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/2012/04/04/more-q-a-mailbag/#comment-110176 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 02:26:31 +0000 http://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/?p=1614#comment-110176 Yes, good point, Sean. I still would not dismiss general trends of how species usually present and how they thus tend to harmonize, but, yes, I agree, ultimately one must be open to the infinite variety of wood. Opportunities can be missed if we stereotype wood species, and I thank you for that reminder.

]]> https://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/2012/04/04/more-q-a-mailbag/#comment-110078 Tue, 10 Apr 2012 19:50:38 +0000 http://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/?p=1614#comment-110078 As for woods that look good together, I would say that one should avoid generalizing. There is enough variation among trees and the particular sticks we take out of them, much less different designs of the particular furniture the piece is going into, that it’s really best to remain open. A given species’ grain, color, density, etc. can all vary. You might miss some great design opportunities, if you try to generalize at the species level.

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