Rolling pins aka Cookie Thumper
With the onset of 2020 ingenuity, friends of ours started making the most amazing cookies. They also had a birthday. I make roundish things from indigenous wood. What do you give twins who make cookies? And so the first two Cookie Thumpers found a loving home and lots of dough to work through. Go have a look @the_ginger_jar to see what true artisanal cookies look like, order some, eat some and order some more.
Each Cookie Thumper is hand turned from a single piece of salvaged indigenous wood. This does mean that some pieces have some natural weathering and scars. All such characteristics are filled with food safe epoxy resins that will keep your Cookie Thumper rolling smooth for a generation or two.
All Cookie Thumpers are sanded down to 1200grit water paper, oiled in several times with neutral food safe oils.
Each Cookie Thumper comes with a set of care instructions and its own Certificate of Authenticity.
A photographic record is kept of all Cookie Thumpers and their CoA at the workshop, so if you have any questions or queries, please reach out.
berchemia zeyheri
Red/Pink Ivory. Rooi-ivoor.
One of the worlds rarest and most sought after tone and hardwoods (JN 14,370 N). Bright pink to dark crimson often with a waved or fiddleback grain pattern. It is extremely dense and not the easiest to work with. But it has an unrivaled finish and colour. Royal tree to the Zulu kings and queens.
combretum apiculatum
Red bushwillow. Rooiboswilg.
The wood is very fine grained, heavy and extremely hard (JN 12,001N).Overall colour of the heartwood is dark brown with some red and gold tints. Sapwood is a deep yellow to grey and contrasts nicely heartwood. The more aged the wood is the darker it becomes. The lighter sapwood often has lovely chatoyance in sunlight.
The wood and tree is more well known for its coals which can last well over 12hours. And it is mostly exploited for this reason, but we think it deserves more recognition for its beauty than braai.
dombeya rotundifolia
Wild pear. Drolpeer.
The wood is fine grained, solid and medium heavy. It has dark spalting like patterns where side shoots and injuries occured. Overall colour is varying shades of brown to pink with a slight golden sheen.