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Understanding Wood: The Tree of Knowledge & The Tree of Life with Seri Robinson
August 24-25, 2024
$425.00
$100 material fee (checks only) payable to Agriculture Research Foundation, memo line: Seri's research
About this Class
It’s impossible to master a craft without understanding the material. Spend a weekend with Dr. Seri Robinson learning about the anatomy of wood and how things like figure, spalting, wane, juvenile wood, forest fires, etc., affect wood as a material. Learn the ins and outs of how wood moves with water, why wood cracks when dried improperly, why not all wood is food safe, and why finishes have no place on cutting boards. Use a microscope, learn some wood ID, and bust some myths in this dynamic introduction to the physics, chemistry, and anatomy of wood.
Key Points
- Basic cellular types in wood
- Basic cellular structure of wood
- Fundamental differences between hardwoods and softwoods
- How tree growth, stress, and genetics affect lumber and machining
- How wood and water interact
- How wood and bacteria interact
- How to ID common North American wood species
- The importance of extractives to a tree, and their problematic effects on humans
- Why wood science is the coolest science
Additional Information
Workshop Days: Saturday & Sunday
Instruction Time: 9:00am – 4:30pm (EDT)
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$425.00
Understanding Wood: The Tree of Knowledge & The Tree of Life with Seri Robinson August 24-25, 2024
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