Here is a shot of a spalted ash mirror that I made for The Contemporary Crafts Fair a couple of weeks ago, I have sold a couple of these already, which is great. They are available to buy direct from the gallery or online for £180.

Spalting of timber occurs usually when the log is left on the ground and various species of fungus live on and feed off of the log creating pigment change within the timber. The black and dark brown lines are ‘zone’ lines which the mycelium put up as barriers to stop other fungus invading their patch!

I have whole log of this spalted ash in the studio and have made a few commissions out of it so far including a lamp table, dining table, coffee table and of course the mirrors.

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