Wood Like To Meet...Getting to Know You #22

 Hi! Anne-Marie of Handmade by Amo'r here with this month's Getting To Know You post.

 The idea is to introduce the Etsy Ireland Team to another Etsy team via a 50-50, cross-team treasury. 

Handcarved birch wood drinking vessel by The Wood N Stuf, (Etsy Ireland)

I was admiring wood crafted art and wooden items by team members this month so went in search of a team devoted to working with this beautiful material.

Hand carved driftwood snail by Driftwood Art, Greece (Wood Art Team)

The Wood Art team boasts 378 members. It is open to artisans who works with this natural resource. Members hail from all over the globe. In fact, I'm pretty sure at least one Irish shop is a member. To join you simply have to work with wood (and have an Etsy store.)

'Wood Like To Meet...' by byAMOR

Etsy Ireland Says Hello to Wood Art Team. Getting to Know You SeriesThis will be feautured on the Etsy Ireland blog on Sundayhttp://etsyireland.blogspot.ie/index.html

Native American Art... TWWoodcraft $28	Ancient Irish Bog O... KeldurWoodcraf... $31	Simple necklace ebo... AnetaMajzner $90	Antler mount Yellowbubbling $200
OOAK Wood Inlay &qu... CMGArte $24	Celtic styled table... jackdolanwoodc... $199	Wooden cufflinks 6 ... 9design $35	BIRCH CASSETTE CLOC... cklocmaker $40
Bead Board Coat Rac... barbwireandbar... $78	Small bolson tortoi... AnimaliaWoodca... $46	Uncle Sam meets V f... FireWoodCrafts $12	Art Wood Carving Yo... MariyaArts $450
iPhone Stand - Bamb... SmartwoodGalle... $19	Wedding Memory Box WhisperingWood... $495	Lamp with Salt Shad... NTBDesignStudi... $299.99	Irish Spinngwheel M... HandsSeries $29.99

Treasury tool supported by the dog house

I knew Ireland was once covered mainly in Oaklands, but I got curious as to what trees are indigenous to Ireland.

4000 year-old bog oak keychain by Mayfly Etsy Shop

By the time man settled here about 9000 years ago, much of the land was covered in trees, principally oak in the valleys and lowlands. Mountains and other areas of poor soil were mainly covered with pine with small populations of birch. Alder took another century to really take hold and ash did not become common for a further 2000 years.

Forest Figure by Grey Sea Studio

Native trees are those which had already taken root before sea levels rose and Ireland became an island. Besides these mentioned, other native trees include willow, hazel and rowan.  After we were separated from Great Britain and mainland Europe by rising oceans, non-native specimens of tree continued to arrive, brought here by seafaring humans.

The Druidess of the YewGrove by Eye of a Druidess

Yew once grew very abundantly and seemingly, this was the one much used by carpenters and wood turners through the centuries, especially for domestic vessels. It is apparently, one of the more difficult woods to work with, requiring great skill and fine tools.

Let's wish every success to the Wood Art Team and our own, native carpenters, wood turners and woodworking artisans who keep this ancient craft alive.