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MORE LOT PHOTOS
Preparation continuing. We will spend next week thicknessing and sanding many slabs and coffee table pieces for display and post photos of a great number of these.The LOT list will also be prepared and...
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Auction Update and Lot List summary
The full Lot List will be posted early next week.There will be around 320 lots, some of which will contain multiples.There are over 100 slabs including:Bookmatched fiddleback redgum 4 sets of 2x slabs...
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Auction will be held at Rollands Plains Showground at 10.00am Sunday 21 September 14.(Turn off Pacific Highway at Telegraph Point, follow Rollands Plains Rd 20km (bitumen) to the showground.Parking...
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AUCTION. Photos of timbers for sale
Weather good.Preparation almost completePhotos of the timbers ready for sale:Camphor slabsRed cedar slabsSlabs and boards Slabs and boards Mackay cedar slabs and boards Slabs and BoardsBoard lots
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Auction Summary and some magnificent work
The auction day was fine. Over 350 lots were offered and around 85% sold with total sales up over 20% over last year's auctionBest deals were had with boards, many 50mm boards  of Queensland timbers...
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And not a Camphor in sight
I am sure there are camphorlaurel trees somewhere in Europe, but I have just spent several weeks travelling from Prague up and down the Danube and Rhine and from Amsterdam to Paris.....And unlike in...
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ARC Australian Red Cedar
Time was, the main timber used inside Australian homes and for fine furniture was Australian red cedar. Early cedar cutters helped open the the east coast of Australia to settlement by working their...
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Hastings Woodworking Guild visit to Boutique Timbers
Pictures tell the story.We welcome groups, especially when they come with trailers.....Burls, now this one is perfectNot sure about these howeverCamphor log. Great for the sinusesSerious discussion...
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Fresh Stock
New stock has arrived.Mainly boards and squares.Timbers include:Queensland Maple. boards and squaresJarrah inch and 40mm boardsBlackbean inch and 50mm thick boardsRedgum: boards and 100mm...
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2015. A big year planned and more logs
2015Boutique Timbers will be exhibiting  at Kiama in March and at the Sydney working with wood show in June or July......possibly Brisbane as well depending on Mal's health.The annual Timber auction at...
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Bago Winery and some great use of Camphor
Camphor can be spectacular in the right hands.'Hands' have created a magnificent kitchen bench.Bago Vineyards near Wauchope and Port Macquarie is owned by the Mobbs family.Beautiful setting, great...
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There's no camphors in Mexico City either
Australian exports currently may be all iron or or coal, but in the past we exported seeds and have they been successful.....too successful in some areas, ask the Californians with their wild firesAll...
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Spectacular slab tables in Mexico and a few tree photos
Secrets The Vine is a magnificent hotel in Cancun.No children and all inclusive with plenty of activities, sort of like a cruise without the seasickness.It uses timber  and glass throughout and and I...
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Spanish Cedar (Cedrela Odorata) in the Galapagos Islands
Spanish Cedar was introduced as a timber tree sometime in the 1900s by Norwegian settlers.It has become and invasive species as its seeds are readily disbursed by wind, nevertheless it is useful on the...
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Slab tables from Israel, rocking chair and Mackay cedar bench
The 3 slab tables are by Efi (2011.a.m.n.d@gmail.com)Trestle legs and mixed chairs. I especially like the red timber with the wide end attached to a wallPete used Mackay cedar to effect in his wide...
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Kiama wood show
Kiama is one of the most beautiful areas in NSW. It contains "Kiama' itself, a hilly coastal town with a secure boat harbour; it has a volcanic history that has left a noisy basaltic blowhole, rich...
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Sydney wood show preparation Homebush 12-14 June 2015 and a Mackay Cedar...
Boutique Timbers has exhibited at Sydney 'Working with wood' Show for around 15 years.This year will will have many select boards, slabs and burl slices as well as Pen blanks and veneerJarrah, New...
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SYDNEY WOOD SHOW. 12-14 June 2015 Homebush. Preparation photos
Preparation well under way with fine weather assisting.Boards. Cedar, rosewood, NG rosewood, N and S silky oak, camphor, blackbutt, mackay cedar++Blackbutt burl slicesFigured white cedar boards and...
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Fine work from Braxton from The Kings School and 'Rockingchair II by Robert...
BRAXTON's FINE WORKRed Mallee burl as a top featureRosewood timber provided by Boutique Timbers was used to produce a spectacular piece of fine furniture for his HSC final work. The handles were...
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CUBA........Not a camphor laurel anywhere
Cuba is a mess.If are a left leaning voter and you want to see what 50 years of socialism can do to a country. Visit Cuba.Che Guevara and Fidel have become 'brands' on t-shirts. Fidel is still alive...
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