Part of 'song cycle' series.
Whin is the Scots word for gorse and this piece came from the Eildon hills in the Scottish Borders. Gorse has a distinctive diamond pitting on its branches and these are thought to be the source of the patterns found on gothic cathedral pillars. I carefully removed all the bark, dried the branch and polished it before mounting.
A special method of cutting the wood results in the grain pattern flowing unbroken round the sides of the box.
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