Figure (wood)

In wood, figure refers to the general appearance of wood, as seen on a longitudinal surface (side-grain), either in the tangential or the radial surfaces.

Description

In wood, figure refers to the appearance of wood, as seen on a longitudinal surface (side-grain). A figured wood is not plain.

The figure of a particular piece of wood is, in part, due to its grain and, in part, due to the cut, or to innate properties of the wood.[1]

Types

A few of the tropical hardwoods, like the rosewoods, may have a unique figure. Types of figure include:

References

  1. ^ Marschner, Stephen R.; Westin, Stephen H.; Arbree, Adam; Moon, Jonathan T. (2005). Measuring and modeling the appearance of finished wood. ACM SIGGRAPH 2005 Papers. Association for Computing Machinery. pp. 727–734. doi:10.1145/1073204.1073254.
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