Black Cherry (Prunus serotina)
Description
One of North America's premiere cabinet woods, cherry has long been a favorite of woodworkers, cabinet makers and turners. Cherry is close grained, easy to work, and about as hard as soft maple. Cherry is known for is deep, orange-red colour that the heart wood develops with age. The true colour and depth of aged cherry cannot be replicated by any stain or dye. The colour of fresh cut cherry however is leaves a lot to be desired, often taking on a pale, washed out salmon or pink colour. Luckily this colour changes fairly quickly with exposure to light. The sap wood of cherry is off-white and clearly demarcated from the heartwood, especially after exposure to day light for a day or two. Although sap wood is usually eliminated from cherry planks and blanks, when used carefully, a little sapwood can add considerably to a project. This is especially true for turned bowls and boxes.
Cherry works and finishes well, and looks good just as good with an 'in the wood' as it does under a film finish. To get the best of both worlds, a film finish over a well cured oil will produce a finish with exceptional depth and chatoyance that only gets better with age.
Also known as:
- cherry
- American cherry
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Some recent projects made from Black Cherry:
Black Cherry with Radial Texture Inset Lid
Cherry And Ash Winged Box
Cherry with black palm offset inlay box
Cherry Textured Winged Bowl
Dimpled Cherry Calabash Bowl
Black Cherry Painted and Textured Calabash Bowl
Black Cherry Pencil Pots
13" Dark Blue Painted Cherry Salad Bowl
Dark Blue Painted Cherry Salad Bowl
11.5" Cherry Crotch Bowl
14" Natural Edge Cherry Crotch Bowl
Green Turned Cherry Snack Bowl
7" Blue Cherry Root Snack Bowl
Small Black Cherry Natural Edge Bowl
6.5" Blue Cherry Snack Bowl
7" Blue Cherry Snack Bowl
Pair Striped Blistered Maple and Cherry BFB
Pair Striped Curly Maple and Cherry Bowls
Black Cherry Winged Bowl
Cherry Bowl in a Burl
Nested Pair Cherry Burl Candy Dishes
Black Cherry and Bigleaf Maple Stafford Box
Green Turned Cherry Popcorn Bowl
Small Cherry Root Burl Hollow Form
Small Natural Edge Cherry Bowl
10" Natural Edge Cherry Bowl
Cherry Root Bowl
Black Cerry Cereal Bowl
Black Cerry Snack Bowl
Black Cherry Calibash Bowl
Cherry Onion Top Finial Box
Cherry Crotch Serving Tray
Beaded Cherry Calibash Popcorn Bowl
Ombre Cherry and Ash Plate
Spherical Maple Box
Hornbeam Spherical Box
Black Cherry Capsule Box
12" Cherry Salad Bowl
Cherry Hourglass Box with Maple Inlay
Curly Silver Maple with Black Cherry Inset Lid
Black Cherry with Spalted Beech Inset Lid
Striped Cherry Bowl From a Board
10" Cherry Salad Bowl
Black Cherry with Maple Burl Inset Lid
Black Cherry with Yellow Cedar Inset
Cherry and Maple Striped Bowl From a Board
White ash and cherry checkered bowl from a board
10" Cherry Bowl
Cherry Bowl with Maple Cresents
Ash and Cherry Dovetailed Bowl From A board
Curly Maple and Cherry Checkered BFB
Ash and Cherry Double Dovetail Bowl
Cherry and Maple Checkered Hollow Form
9.5" Cherry Bowl
Black Cherry Collectors Box
Another 10" Cherry Bowl
Cherry Platter with Curly Maple Rim
Cherry Hourglass with Spalted Beech Inlay
Berger Cherry Root Scoop
Large Cherry Salad Bowl
Cherry Plate with Curly Maple Rim
Large Cherry Salad Bowl - 2
Cherry Plate with Feather Figure
Cherry River Plate
Cherry Salt Shaker
Cherry Root Timpani Box
Cherry Round Bottom with Thuya Burl Inlay
Cherry Box with Cedar Inlay
Cherry hour-glass with yellow cedar inlay
Maple Ribbon Platter
Hemispherical Cherry Platter
Large Black Cherry Bowl
Medium Cherry Bowl
Christmas 2018
Square Cherry Plate
Cherry Bowl - II
Large Cherry Platter
Cherry Platter
Cherry Box with Mountain Ash Inlay
Cherry Bowl
Hemispherical Cherry Bowl
Round Bottom Cherry Box
Cherry Femisphere
Christmas 2017
Christmas 2017 Platters
Figured Cherry Pen
Christmas Bells - 2016
Christmas 2015