The benefits you can have by joining IWCS will be in direct proportion to the number of interests you have in wood and how active you wish to be as a member.
Wood is so versatile and beautiful.
For each type of tree there is a wood type from that tree. No wonder wood is available in just about every colour and in a wide variety of grains and appearances. The original incentive that gathered IWCS founders together was in a mutual interest of identifying and collecting standard samples of wood from around the world. Trading is accomplished by lists of samples posted in issues of World of Wood, personal trading through the mail and at meetings. Crafting with Wood Many members collect wood of different species specifically for crafting.