Spalted maple projects

What is Spalted Maple Wood? Introduction to Spalted Maple Wood Spalted Maple Wood is a type of wood that has undergone a natural decay process that results in a unique and beautiful appearance. The name "spalted" refers to the dark lines or streaks that are formed as the wood decays. These lines create a distinctive and eye-catching pattern that makes spalted maple wood a popular choice among woodworkers, wood artists, and woodcraft enthusiasts.

If there’s one wood that can really challenge your sense of design—and your woodworking skills—it’s spalted maple. Those inky black lines can both delight the eye and drive you crazy.

This walnut and spalted maple keepsake box is a project I had been putting off for some time. It seems we all have those “when I get around to it” projects. Although, that is one of t…

While woodworking is not the easiest or cheapest hobby out there, it's surprisingly gratifying and fulfilling. Many are starting to take it up as a way to reconnect with themselves, put their hands to work and create something tangible along the way. Being able to take a meaningless piece of wood and turn it into something beautiful is a perfect combination of skill, creativity and patience.

Stephen Dix on Instagram: "Turning a log into lumber. This video is incredibly compressed, but for all those without patience I’ll be posting an even shorter video later 🙂. These boards will need to be planed smooth after they fully dry, but it’s much better than letting the log just rot on the ground. I may look at drilling a hole through the bar to eliminate some of the wobble in the cut. It’s not much, and is probably just as much due to using a really old unevenly sharpened chain as it…

Spalted maple Waterfall bench with wenge legs

Spalted maple coaster set