Haematoxylum campechianum from Guadeloupe

Hi all IBC members, I would like to introduce my tree, a campeche (Haematoxylum campechianum) collected in 2006. First branch are now done, as the dead wood work, I need to refine it for the second and third level of branch. Do you have any advice ?

Thanks a lot for your consideration.

here after collecting


after a workshop on dead wood


a good picture but still long time to pass


Finaly a pic today, still on going


And a drawing after the workshop on dead wood by François Jeker.



Fabrice B

Hello Fabrice. Fantastic work on the deadwood. Very impressive. Sorry but I don't know this species but it looks like your heading in the right direction.

lovely tree!, I like your drawing style.

Great work with the wood, also I like me greatly the design qe has raised. Beautiful species

Thanks a lot for your encouragment, the drawing is unfortunatly not mine but from French François Jeker who was here also for a dead wood workshop :-)

I really want one of these. They are from Tropical American sometimes called Bloodwood. I think Erik Wigert in South West Florida has some

Hi Billy, you are right you could have this in Florida. it's colad bloodwood or logwood according to wikipedia ;-)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haematoxylum_campechianum

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloodwood

Our friend from Martinique have some nice too, check it on their blog: http://tbc.over-blog.net/

It looks like they have a very active club in Martinique with a lot of nice trees. I wish I read French.

great movement on your Campeche, I have a few and I sell them to. Great job on the carving.

Thanks a lot, do you have some pics so show us :-)

unfortunately i am not that computer savvy. so i don't know how to place the pics. if you want send me your email and i will send you some of my campeche pics. i also sell them.

Hi everybody, I was out for a long time so I will do a small upgrade of this tree

first october 2011, on a local exibition



then The face was not that good so it was turned (february 2012)



and finally the top was not good also so I'm currently rebuiding it (april 2012)



Thanks a lot.