"Jaguar"
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Diameter 12" x 12" x Height 8"
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Highly-figured Purple Heart
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(Swartzia cubensis)
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Artist: Isaac Ludwig
Like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get." A burl in purple heart, rosewood, or any wood, can be any shape, any size. We've seen raw hardwood burls from the size of a softball to the size of an easy chair. The grain inside can likewise be -- well, anything goes. There are formations such as "eye-burl," "birdseye," "fiddleback," "curly," "flame," "quilted," or "spalted." But our craftsmen have NEVER seen anything like the ROSETTES on the piece called "Jaguar." It is inconceivable that this could be a natural formation, but it is. 
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