I think veneer can make you think about trees in a different way, the patterns, deformaties, bug holes and knots. These qualities aren’t just potential things of beauty but say alot more about the lives of the trees they came from. How the marks in the wood tell a tale about the growth and specifics of the situation in which the tree grew is quite incredible. Every inch growing in a different way with variable factors becoming literally ingrained within.
Taking these peculiarities for granted, looking at shapes and pattern not just for their potential as pieces of an unmade picture emphasises the life cycle of wood. How the material has a diversity beyond other materials becomes apparent the more a leaf of veneer is studied.
I’m not sure I like veneers being referred to as a palette though, I think because it seems too closely related to painting and seems a bit limiting. Nevertheless this ‘palette’ is full of endless possibilities and surprises which I find exciting.
