In the Viking timber yard, the logs were divided into halves, then quarters, then eighths, and then into even smaller sections. The goal was to cut fibres with a saw, but to open the wood along its natural direction and obtain a plank core that was stronger, more flexible, and lighter.
Charcoal illustration by Selim Rumi Civralı.
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