Retro Beaded Salt Pig
Elevate your kitchen with an artisanal salt pig. Each of our charmingly unique salt pigs are handcrafted using high-quality, sustainable wood, ensuring it will last the test of time. Our salt pigs offer convenient, one-handed seasoning while adding a touch of natural beauty to your culinary space. A versatile and low-maintenance kitchen essential that's perfect for salt and more.
Textured retro salt pig with beaded banding made from spalted red oak.
2 1/2”h x 3 5/8”w
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In our shop, we use completely VOC-free oils or hard-wax hand-rubbed to finish our products. All of our finishes are safe for humans and the environment alike. The finishes we use are FDA compliant for food contact surfaces and include a mix of mineral oil, coconut oil, walnut oil, vitamin E, & waxes such as carnauba or beeswax.
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Oak trees, famed for their endurance and longevity, remind us of our inner strength & integrity as we reconnect with our divine nature.
Oak leaves are some of the last leaves to fall from the trees in autumn, and some species of oak trees do not lose their leaves at all. Ancient people viewed this as a positive quality—the leaves were being tenacious, demonstrating determination and a no-quit attitude. These were the same qualities that they wanted to see in their military. For this reason, oak leaves came to symbolize victory in battle. Roman generals were presented with wreaths made of oak leaves after important battles.
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Spalting is any kind of wood coloration that is caused when fungi colonize the wood and extract nutrients from it, leaving behind dark dotted and lined patterns.
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Texture can be achieved in a myriad of different ways. In the shop, we often use a wire brush to distress the wood because it will wear off the pulp of the wood grain, leaving the denser wood behind. This cleans the surface of the wood, brings out character, and leaves a more prominent wood grain.