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Cypress
$27.00 – $103.00
Cypress
$27.00 – $103.00Cypress is a common name for various coniferous trees or shrubs of northern temperate regions that belong to the family Cupressaceae. Here at Artisan Dice, we use Bald Cypress(Aka Taxodium distichum) also called Swamp Cypress. This tree is native to the Southern United States which includes our great state of Texas. This monster gets up to 120 feet and has a trunk diameter up to 6 feet thick. Most people love Swamp Cypress as a decorative tree as it has foliage that is light and eye catching. Cypress’ hardy lumber also gives it value as building materials and fence posts. This tree requires hot summers to grow which is why is thrives in the Southern United states and grows slowly in a lot of regions it has been brought to.
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Butternut
$27.00 – $103.00
Butternut
$27.00 – $103.00Butternut is a wood in the walnut family. It grows in north eastern United States and South Eastern Canada. This tree has a relatively short life when compared to other trees, approximately 75 years. Butternut has also been called White Walnut. It possesses a medium tan heartwood and a pale yellowish sapwood. The famous “Bush Butternut,” was planted in 1845 and still defies its average age today, living to be over 180 years old.
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Bullet Wood
$27.00 – $103.00Bullet Wood
$27.00 – $103.00Bulletwood comes from the “Balatá” and is a large tree that grows 100 – 150 feet tall that possesses wood so dense it can’t float. Its lumber, Bulletwood, is used for furniture, construction, and even the outer layers of some golf balls. The woods hardness gives our dice a satisfying feel in the hand and a satisfying “clack” as they bounce.
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Black Locust
$27.00 – $103.00
Black Locust
$27.00 – $103.00Black Locust is the toughest wood in North American and endemic to a few small regions in the United States. It was used by English colonists to build homes. Black Locust got its name because of its resemblance to Old World Locust. This tree has been planted all over the world because of its durability and the fact that it is a major honey plant. Black Locust is specifically prized for it’s Acacia Honey.
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Alder
$27.00 – $103.00
Alder
$27.00 – $103.00Alder is found all over the Northern Hemisphere, it’s a pioneer species that because of its symbiotic relationship with a nitrogen fixing bacteria it leaves behind nitrogen in the soil for surrounding plants and improves soil productivity. It provides between 120 to 290 pounds of nitrogen per acre. The catkins of some species of alder are ostensibly edible. The bark contains anti inflammatory properties, and some Native American cultures used Red Alder bark to treat poison oak and other skin irritants. The Blackfoot have traditionally use concoctions that included Alder bark to treat lymphatic disorders and even tuberculosis, it even has the power to fight various tumors!
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Malachite Dice with Copper
$84.00 – $428.00
Malachite Dice with Copper
$84.00 – $428.00Malachite has been mined since the 3rd millennium B.C. and smelted for its copper content. That copper is what gives Malachite its noted green coloration. Ancient Egyptians associated its green color, known to them as wadj, with rebirth and fertility. They believed that the afterlife contained an eternal paradise know as the “Field of Malachite”. Malachite, like Azurite and Lapis Lazuli, has been used as a pigment since antiquity, though it has more recently been replaced by its synthetic counterpart. Malachite is the second of the two copper carbonate minerals and results from the weathering of Azurite, which is why they are often found in deposits intermixed with one another. Both were melted down for the copper ore in antiquity, so it is fitting that we inlay these dice with Copper numbers.
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Azurite and Malachite Dice with Copper
$84.00 – $428.00
Azurite and Malachite Dice with Copper
$84.00 – $428.00These particular dice are made from a blend of Azurite and Malachite then inlaid with Copper. Azurite and Malachite are often found in nature together. Both minerals are the result of oxidized copper orders. And both minerals have been mined since ancient times. Pliny the Elder listed Azurite under the Greek name κυανός roughly translated as deep blue, this word is also the root of the English word cyan. In antiquity Azurite was used as a blue pigment. It was used as a far back as 2600 B.C. in Egyptian art work as well as being used in Japanese works after being heated to produce a deep blue similar to ultramarine which is derived from the much more expensive Lapis Lazuli. Azurite is unstable when exposed to air and moisture and will morph over time to Malachite, which limited is usefulness as a blue pigment. Though many colors were developed in the middle ages using Azurite as a base ingredient. When mixed with certain oils it will form greens and even grey-green tones with combined with egg yolks. Azurite was also used to develop a wide range of blue pigments from Azurro Della Magna to Aremenian Stone Blue.
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Howlite Dice Inlaid with Brass
$84.00 – $428.00
Howlite Dice Inlaid with Brass
$84.00 – $428.00These particular dice, have been crafted from Howlite and inlaid with Brass. Howlite was discovered in Nova Scotia by Henry How in 1868. It is most often found in irregular deposits resembling a dirty cauliflower. Once worked and polished, the dirty cauliflower appearance gives way to a lustrous white with black veining. Originally Howlite was tossed aside as nuisance mineral in gypsum mines until How’s discovery. These days you can find this mineral sold as “white” or “buffalo turquoise”. It is quite often dyed to resemble genuine turquoise, as the porous nature of Howlite allows it to take dyes readily. And like turquoise it is easily worked and used to make many decorative objects.
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Charoite Dice Inlaid with Bronze
$84.00 – $428.00
Charoite Dice Inlaid with Bronze
$84.00 – $428.00These particular dice, have been crafted from Charoite and inlaid with Bronze. Charoite is lavender to purple in color and forms in unusual swirly patterns. Also called Lilac Stone, Charoite is thought to have been discovered in 1940 along the Chara river in Siberia, but did not gain in popularity until the late 70’s. Charoite is found in massive formations in limestone deposits along with tinaksite and canasite formations. To say that Charoite is complex stone is an understatement. It is described a hydrated potassium, sodium, calcium, barium, strontium, and silicate hydroxyfluoride. Charoite is widely used in cabochon work as well as carved in to decorative objects. Thanks to the size of its natural formations Charoite is carved in to a variety of objects from small figurines to large urns like you can see below.
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Jade Dice Inlaid with Brass
$84.00 – $428.00
Jade Dice Inlaid with Brass
$84.00 – $428.00These particular dice, have been crafted from Jade and inlaid with Brass. Chinese craftsmen have crafted highly prized works of art from Jade for thousands of years. In fact the earliest known Chinese jade artifacts date to the Late Neolithic Era around 3300 BC. There are artifacts that predate even this as Jade was fashioned into tools by early man much like flint. A few hundred years ago, some of these master craftsmen in China recognized that Burmese Jade was different. It was harder, more dense, and produced a higher luster upon polishing. This Burmese Jade gradually became the preferred Jade of these Chinese artisans, and the type of Jade most highly prized by the Chinese people.
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Jet Dice with Brass Inlay
$84.00 – $428.00
Jet Dice with Brass Inlay
$84.00 – $428.00These particular dice, have been crafted from Jet and inlaid with Brass. Jet also known as lignite, derives its name from the French word, jaiet, and gives its name to the term, jet-black. Jet has been widely used as a gemstone since the Neolithic period and examples of jet jewelry have been found in Germany dating to 10,000 B.C. The Romans found a love of Jet in the 3rd century, but its use fell out of fashion until the Victorian Era once Queen Victoria herself adorned her mourning dress with jet after her husband’s, Prince Albert, death.
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Sleeping Beauty Turquoise Dice
$84.00 – $428.00
Sleeping Beauty Turquoise Dice
$84.00 – $428.00These particular dice are made from Sleeping Beauty Turquoise. Sleeping Beauty Turquoise leans towards the aqua end of the turquoise spectrum. It’s known for its purity of color and named for the mountain where it is mined, which is said to resemble a lady sleeping with her arms folded. There also happens to be an important copper mine located here as well making the Copper metal inlay on these dice particularly perfect.
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