Aperitivo dish - small – oak

Life is beautiful - aperitivo celebrates that. Wooden aperitivo dishes made from salvaged Oregon white oak. Great for nuts, tarallini, or dried fruit. Overall size : 4.875" wide, 7.75" long, and 1.25" high. These are a mix of spalted sapwood with a little bit of heartwood. Finished with Osmo polyx hard wax. The hard wax should last a very long time without issues. But it is slightly porous so it can be stained or allow liquid entry after prolonged exposure (e.g. if you leave a dish full of olives overnight the brine will probably stain the wood). Gently hand wash only.

I make these from wood that was salvaged. It could be from a storm downed tree, waste from a carpentry shop, old wine barrel staves, or random pieces of lumber that friends have had in storage. The objective is to make useful things from this waste and not create demand for new lumber.

Using salvaged lumber comes with a lot of hurdles. One of these is that some pieces will have imperfections, like little dings, cracks, or beetle holes. I will make sure that these do not affect the utility of the piece but they might affect the aesthetics. My hope is you will embrace these slight imperfections as part of the unique character and origins of the material from which the piece was made.