Bird's eye figure
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bird-s-eye-figure-206-15884863
title:
Bird's eye figure
text:
Bird's eye is a type of figure that occurs within several kinds of wood, most notably hard maple. It has a distinctive pattern that resembles tiny, swirling eyes disrupting the smooth lines of grain. It is somewhat reminiscent of a burl, but it is quite different: the small knots that make the burl are missing. It is not known what causes the phenomenon. Research into the cultivation of bird's eye maple has so far discounted the theories that it is caused by pecking birds deforming the wood grai
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wiki
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original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird%27s_eye_figure
date created:
2006-11-10T04:20:53Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T19:44:33Z
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{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/Birds_eye_maple.jpg","width":500,"height":500}
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13
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