The Hawthorn is a tree of love and magical enchantment and strongly associated with Beltane, the ancient festival celebrating spring.

In Celtic mythology, it is one of the most sacred trees and symbolizes love. In Europe, Hawthorn symbolized hope, marriage and fertility. In Ancient Greece brides would carry Hawthorn boughs and wear the blossoms in their clothes. In medieval literature Hawthorn was used regularly in medieval literature to allude to courtship & carnal love.

Copper is an amazing amplifier and conductor of energy, this warming mineral is ripe for helping you release excess charge and conduct positive vibrations.

Spiritually, copper is considered a metal that is capable of storing healing and protective properties. This is why it was used in the making of shields, totem poles and talismans during ancient times. Copper has been anciently known to heal the impurities of your body because it is considered a grounding metal for the human body and spirit.

Burl wood is anything but average. The swirls, twirls, and eyes dancing in the bark all create a unique, highly figured wood grain. A burl is an unusual-looking collection of tree cells. These are callous tissues. These are formed usually as a response to environmental damage such as injury or fungal colonies. The callous tissue then forms burls that are so admired.

The term derives from the French word “chatoyer”, which means “to iridesce, like a cat’s eye.” If you’ve ever seen the stone tiger’s eye, you get the idea. In woodworking, chatoyance is a similarly striking optical quality in which areas of light and dark grain seemingly shimmer or shift depending on the angle of view.

Bark inclusions are pockets of bark found within the interior of a tree. An ingrown Limb is a limb or branch that has been cut through during the sawing process.

A knot is a portion of a branch or limb that has become incorporated in a piece of lumber.