Live Edge — Ash

Live edge bowls are made from wood harvested in late fall or winter, when the bark naturally bonds to the wood. Underneath the outer & inner bark lies the cambium layer of the tree – a thin, wet, live layer where all the cell division in a tree occurs, and the layer through which water and nutrients are passed between the leaves and roots. During the growing seasons of spring and summer, the cambium layer is full of water which makes a weak attachment to the bark. When the tree drops its leaves in the fall and dries out, this cambium layer hardens and the bark becomes glued to the wood underneath – allowing the bowl to retain its live edge.