Timber iQ April - May 2017 // Issue: 31 | Page 59

CONTRIBUTORS - WOOD WORKS
Red Ivory side grain . Image : Peter Upfold
Red Ivory logs harvested near Zeerust . Image : Barry James
" The wood is known by the Zulu people in South Africa as ' Mutiwenkosi ' ( tree of the chiefs ) and , according to folklore , may be cut only by the chief of a tribe and his sons ."
Red Ivory knife by Heavin Forge .
Jewellery boxes and jewellery of Red Ivory and pewter by John Wessels .
Red Ivory wood is suitable for turnery , carving , inlay work , ornaments , small boxes , jewellery , bows , walking sticks , curios , musical instruments ( woodwind and string ) and small furniture items .