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Sumach

June 13, 2011 by Omoba Odusanya Leave a Comment

At the weekend we were demonstrating at the Cambridge Town & Country Show at Parker’s Piece in the middle of Cambridge.  A lady noticed several items that I’d made from Sumach (Rhus Typhina) and said that she had just had one cut down in her garden.  She turned up with a big bag of the logs on Sunday morning – lovely.

The wood is quite spectacular and outrageous…

The downside is that it has a very sticky, resinous sap which gets everywhere if you get it on your hands.

I remember reading somewhere that this was once used for a varnish of some kind.

This is what the foliage looks like…

and the fruit, or drupes, look like big furry raspberries.

Things I make from it sell very quickly but it doesn’t often come my way.

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