Moser Natural Woods

2009-06-11 01:48:40 - MOSERSTORE.COM
19927 Road 26.2 Loop
One Moser Way
Dolores, CO 81323
800-646-6798
970-882-8867 Fax

DOLORES, CO - Award-winning artisan Robb Moser creates Riverdriftwoods brand furniture and accessories from his workshop in Dolores, Colorado. Robb makes and markets furniture for homeowners that prefer a rustic southwestern style.

Rocky Mountains driftwood are selected based on their and appearance and durability. These custom woods are used to manufacture hand rails, doorway headers, umbrella stands, door mats, and table lights.

Please call Moser at 1-800-646-6798 to more detailed information about the products and services he offers. His Works eCatalog is moserstore.com/cw1.html that display portfolio updates.

Wikipedia: Driftwood

Driftwood is wood that has been washed onto a shore or beach of a sea or river by the action of winds, tides, waves or man. It is a form of marine debris.

In some waterfront areas, driftwood is a major nuisance. However, the driftwood provides shelter and food for birds, fish and other aquatic species as it floats in the ocean. Gribbles, shipworms and bacteria decompose the wood and gradually turn it into nutrients that are reintroduced to the food web. Sometimes, the partially decomposed wood washes ashore, where it also shelters birds, plants, and other species. Driftwood can become the foundation for sand dunes.

Driftwood is created from:

* whole or part trees that have been washed into the ocean, due to high winds, or intense flooding
* buildings and their contents washed into the sea during storms
* wooden objects discarded into the water from shore; known as flotsam
* dropped dunnage or lost cargo; known as jetsam
* remains of wrecked wooden ships and boats; part of a shipwreck

According to Norse mythology, the first humans, Ask and Embla, were formed out of two pieces of driftwood, an ash and an elm, by the god Odin and his brothers, Ve and Vili.

Driftwood carried by Arctic rivers was the main, or sometimes only, source of wood for some Inuit and other Arctic populations living north of the tree line until they came into regular contact with European traders. Wood that is burned today in these regions mainly consists of the remains of condemned wooded structures. Driftwood is still used as kindling by some.