Claro Walnut [Juglans nigra] is one of the pre-eminent hardwoods of North
America, Black Walnut—especially in its figured forms—is a beautiful, deeply colored wood that works well with other woods. It is moderately dense and fine-grained. Claro Walnut is a distinctive sub-species and a much more highly figured and dramatically colored wood. This is an especially good example. The bowl has a graceful, classic ogee profile (ogee is a term originally used in medieval cathedral architecture.
