The timber guide
Know the tree your rosary came from
Each timber has its own colour, weight, scent and story. Read about them here, then choose the one that belongs in your hands.
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Spotted Gum
Read about this timber: Spotted GumThe tall, straight-trunked gum of the east coast. Hard, strong and quietly handsome, with a soft grey ripple through the grain.
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Sheoak
Read about this timber: SheoakA quiet, unassuming tree that hides an astonishing lace figure. Sheoak beads flash with rays when they catch the light.
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River Red Gum
Read about this timber: River Red GumThe great tree of the inland rivers. Red Gum is lively under the tool, full of character, and never quite the same twice.
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Huon Pine
Read about this timber: Huon PineTasmania’s slowest-growing and most fragrant timber, worked only from salvaged logs. Pale, fine and unmistakably scented.
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Jarrah
Read about this timber: JarrahThe famous red hardwood of the south-west. Dense, heavy and long-lived, Jarrah darkens beautifully over years of use.
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Tasmanian Blackwood
Read about this timber: Tasmanian BlackwoodThe warm, honeyed timber of Tasmania’s wet forests. Blackwood takes a deep polish and glows in the hand.
Commissions
A rosary for a baptism, a wedding, a jubilee — or for yourself
Choose the timber, the crucifix and the centrepiece medal; add a name or date to the pouch. Tell us the occasion and we will help you make it fitting.