The artist was a featured woodworker at Forest Gems for many years, since the store opened in 1996 in Port Townsend, WA. He contacted us recently when he found a shop stash of three Pagoda Boxes! These boxes sold very well for all those years, but we sold out shortly after he retired from woodworking in 2021. What a pleasant surprise! We are very pleased to offer this piece and a few others like it, while they last.

About Oregon Myrtlewood

Common Name: Oregon Myrtlewood, Pepperwood, Bay Laurel
Latin Name: Umbellularia californica
Family: Lauraceae (Laurel)

Myrtlewood trees typically must reach 100 to 150 years of age before they become commercially useful. It is estimated that the Myrtlewood tree can live up to 500 years old and can reach a height of 80 feet. The coloring of the wood ranges from tan to red, brown, gray and black. The fragrant Myrtlewood leaves are a common herb called “Bay Leaf” which is used for cooking. 

Myrtlewood trees will regrow as shoots from their stump and are also grown from their seeds. They have a strong root system which helps regenerate the species in the wild. New sprouts flourish from cut stumps, windfalls, and nurse logs. Wild trees are difficult to transplant due to their deep tap root system. 

Oregon Myrtlewood is a broadleaf evergreen native to Southwestern Oregon and Northwestern California. It grows prolifically in this coastal region. 

In the Bible, the Myrtle tree is of special religious significance, representing fertility and life. Although a larger tree with a little different flower type, Oregon Myrtlewood has a lot of similarities to the Myrtlewood growing in the Holy Land. “Instead of the brier shall come up the Myrtle tree” Isaiah 55:13.

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The artist was a featured woodworker at Forest Gems for many years, since the store opened in 1996 in Port Townsend, WA. He contacted us recently when he found a shop stash of three Pagoda Boxes! These boxes sold very well for all those years, but we sold out shortly after he retired from woodworking in 2021. What a pleasant surprise! We are very pleased to offer this piece and a few others like it, while they last.

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The artist was a featured woodworker at Forest Gems for many years, since the store opened in 1996 in Port Townsend, WA. He contacted us recently when he found a shop stash of three Pagoda Boxes! These boxes sold very well for all those years, but we sold out shortly after he retired from woodworking in 2021. What a pleasant surprise! We are very pleased to offer this piece and a few others like it, while they last.

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The Lichtenberg process, also known as fractal burning, is a technique used to create unique, tree-like patterns on materials, typically non-conductive surfaces, using electricity. It involves creating a high-voltage discharge, which then burns a path along the material's surface, resulting in a branching, fractal pattern.

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