Gently Contoured Sapele & Elaeagnus Wood Hair Pin

This handcrafted hair pin is made from a beautiful piece of Elaeagnus Wood with dark grain patterns running down the gently contoured length. The top features a lustrous fine grained Sapele wood with a three pronged shape and an open ended brass pin at its centre for extra strength.

Sapele Mahogany comes from West, Central and East Africa. It is often used in furniture and cabinet making and as a veneer for marquetry. It is also used in the construction of musical instruments, for building boats and as a flooring material. The Sapele that I used in this pin is from a small batch of highly figured pieces left over from flooring offcuts.

Elaeagnes is a commonly found shrub here in UK gardens. Quicksilver is a lesser known variety with a more slender leaf than it's more common cousin. Elaeagnes has mostly been used for knife scales, bowls and pens etc as it is often multi stemmed. This shrub hides some impressive grain. Some know the tree as Russian Olive as it can resemble Olive wood. This piece was pruned from a well established shrub here in Wiltshire in 2020.

Measurements:

16.4 cm Long

2.7 cm Wide