A painter works with a large pallette of colors as he or she creates a masterpiece on canvas. So it is with serious wood crafters, also. There are over 100,000 different types of trees in the world, so many that they offer crafters a vast array of colors, textures and figures. The grain and color in some species is so rich and varied, alone, that crafters often take great care in picking a piece of wood and in what they craft with it.
Wood is a wonderful material to craft with.
By its very existance and nature, IWCS promotes the collection of wood from all over the world, and by doing so, enriches and enhances the store of materials that crafters can use to make creations far richer and beautiful than would be possible for many. IWCS has since its start become a focal point for crafters around the world to pursue common interests and to share wood and techniques. Collectively, the amount of knowledge that members have in wood, trees and crafting exceeds what most people could find locally in their libraries or by the people they would know just in their area. It lends itself to making items, both practical and artistic, more so for individuals than perhaps any other three dimensional media. Carving - is popular both for those that carve and for all of us to have items in our homes.