Karelian birch - amazing wood texture

Karelian birch is famous for its unusual marble texture, pearl luster and amber shade of wood. It has long been known outside of its homeland and stands alongside rare tropical species, which are measured in kilograms, not cubic meters. The tree is valued not only for its beautiful pattern, but also for the solid wood, which is almost unaffected by rotting, and its products can last for centuries.

At the same time, the Karelian birch is completely unsightly in appearance: it has a small height, a bushy shape, characteristic growths and thickening on the trunk. The tree grows most often singly or in small groups, but never forms a thicket.

Most scientists agreed that the phenomenon of Karelian birch is explained not by belonging to a particular species, but by natural anomalies, such as a mutation. Of its seeds, mainly ordinary birch grows, and only 5-7 specimens from a hundred have signs of a valuable tree. Birch Karelian grows slower than usual, and its life is less than 40 years. Special signs begin to appear in the tree after a couple of decades, before that it is impossible or very difficult to determine that this is the Karelian birch.

The tree is distinguished by an amazing color of wood from light golden to dark amber and a pattern drawn by nature in the form of quaint dashes, tochechkas and marble overflows. On beautiful and very solid wood drew attention even under Catherine II. Since then, the tree has received the name "Tsarskoye" and was used to make furniture for the nobility, souvenirs, jewelry, caskets, panels and other handicrafts.

There was a time, at the beginning of the 20th century, when the number of birch trees began to decrease rapidly due to uncontrolled logging, therefore, starting from the 30s of the last century, they started breeding it in reserves, which continues to this day.

Furniture made from Karelian birch is appreciated for a long time, and not only for aesthetics, but for warmth and positive energy. It is believed that this is the best material for making furniture. Products that can decorate any interior, in addition, are characterized by high strength and durability. Such furniture was an obligatory element of manors of the times of Russian classicism. The objects of the palace furniture of the Alexandrov era are works of art and are exhibited in various museums in Russia.

Karelian birch is a very difficult material for processing, requiring highly skilled skills from masters. Today, wood is made of elite furniture, souvenirs and various art objects, which are distinguished by a high price. All products from this wood are piece and have a unique decor.

Souvenirs of Karelia are, first of all, crafts from the national symbol of the republic - Karelian birch. These are pens and cases for them, organizers and writing instruments, saltcellars and spoons, watches and caskets, chess and piggy banks, charms and flash drives. All these subjects are surprisingly organically fit in modern life.