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VERY Yellow Thorn Wood

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#1 ·
These are photos of pieces of the neighbor’s thorn bush, as it was being cut and thrown into their trailer for a trip to the dump. The last time I saw this vivid a yellow was after applying a liberal dose of dye to a project.

The wood seems to have the appearance of density equal to sycamore, and someone the same grain. I did notice a bit of yellow on my hands after handling it for a quick test on the lathe.

The most I’ll get out of it will be some wine stoppers. I don’t know if the yellow will hang on or disappear, like purple heart. We’ll see.

The pieces are small enough I’ll just turn them, let them dry, then fill the cracks with epoxy.

A quick search suggests it’s Barberry/Berberis thunbergii. As one fellow said, the wood is so yellow, it looks fake.
 

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#4 ·
That is very vivid yellow. Some of those pieces should have some interesting grain. Too bad there isn't some longer pieces, that would be valuable for marquetry and home made banding.
 
#6 ·
Another fellow indicated they used this for marquetry and that it held its color fairly well. I suspect much of that depends on how much abuse you allow it to suffer from the sunlight.