TABU Natural Dyed Veneers
Ulivo
Inlay, made with valuable and natural dyed veneers of many wood species
Inspired by the centuries-old olive trees of the Gargano, in the warm and sunny summer days, and the large and thick foliage that inebriates the view of a thousand and a thousand reflections… It is from this memory that the idea of the “Ulivo” marquetry was born.
Starting from the study of the shape of the olive leaf and its twigs, reworked through a process of geometrization and synthesis of the forms themselves, both arrive at a fantasy based on elongated hexagons arranged in herringbone.
For this project we use 4 natural dyed veneers in shades ranging from green to beige. A second color variant uses brown and beige shades.
Designed by: Giovanni di Mauro
FLAT CUT. The veneer is characterised by flame or “cathedral” figure. It’s obtained when the cut is made tangentially to the direction of the growth rings. Cutting commences on the sapwood side of the log.
QUARTER CUT. The veneer is obtained by quarter slicing a portion (1/4, 1/3) of a log. The cut is radial, perpendicular to the annual growth rings: the result is a striped veneer with vertical grain in the direction of the fiber.
ROTARY CUT. Veneer is cut on a lathe which rotates a log, chucked in the centre, against a knife fixed over the whole length of the log and set into it at a slight angle. The result is a veneer with a “wave” structure, without a precise and repeatable figure.
DYED VENEER. Natural dyed veneers of all types of wood species are dyed throughout the whole thickness.
MW - MULTILAMINAR WOODS. The multilaminar wood is composed of several “sheets” that, after being individually dyed, are assembled so as to obtain veritable solid woods from which the veneers will be then sliced.
FLEECED BACK VENEER BY SHEET. The jointed-sheet is fleeced back on non-woven-tissue or on paper (both available in FSC®).
THREE-DIMENSIONAL WOOD SPECIES. Precious wood, gift of Nature, with three-dimensional fiber.
MW ECOZERO® - FORMALDEHYDE-FREE. ECOZERO MW veneers are manufactured using formaldehyde-free glues.
BIO2 Veneers in “smoke”, grey and brown tones, produced with a dyeing process repeatable over time without synthetic dyes.
