Wood Balancing Wine Bottle Holder - Salmon Shaped, Leopard Wood

Wood Balancing, Salmon Shaped, Wine Bottle Holder Leopard Wood

by Jorgensen Woodworking

This handmade, self-balancing, wooden, Salmon Wine Bottle Holder is specially designed to suspend a full bottle of wine while keeping the cork moist thus preserving the flavor. It seems to defy the laws of gravity.

Leopardwood possesses one of the most unique grain patterns of all the exotics. When cut correctly each piece shows many cross sections of cells, distributed evenly across the wood. It has the appearance of fish scales. This wood is visually a darker version of the better known lacewood, from Australia, but this is a Brazilian wood, very dense and heavy. The wood is light reddish-brown.

Measures ~12"T x 3.5"L x .75"W

Erik Jorgensen lives on the coast of Virginia with his wife and two sons. Woodworking started out as a way to relax after a hard day at the office. It has now turned into a full time career. Most of the wood is purchased from local vendors. Endangered species are not used. Some of the wood is recycled from tree surgeons who remove it for natural or safety reasons. Some of the wood is one of a kind, therefore, will not be found anywhere else in the USA.

Selecting woods that are not only unusual but are spectacular in grain figure is one aspect of creating one of a kind pieces. Many of the batches of wood purchased contain both the heart and sap wood from the tree. The sap wood in most exotic trees has a major color contrast to the center part of the tree. This color is typically white and adds great character to the gift items.

Woodworking at home is a way of life I very much enjoy and I now spend more precious time with my family than I have ever been able to before.