It's a Chinese red wood and i think he melted bee's wax to make the chair water proof and easier for the joint to move around, it's an outdoor furniture.
Grandpa Amu must have found some of the last remaining stocks of giant Pear wood. I've never a pice that big before! While we all have seen several videos of the construction of a Luban chair, this video makes layout of the cuts less of a mystery.
Seeing that painting move from inside a solid wood to transform into a chair was a source of admiration, gratitude and astonishment... So how can it be when the heart and soul pulse and rise up inside the uterus!... What backwardness and immorality to those who say right of abortion: Are you less than this chair?
Poor Grandfather... his country is using him up... he is allowed no rest in his old age? Seven years ago, Grandfather looked happy and pleased to share his work. Now he just looks exhausted. His clothes weren't as new, but he sure did look a lot happier.
Toda mi admiracion para no se como llamarlo es sobrehumano no solo lo q sabe si no la manualidad y prisicion q tiene es el mardona o jordan de la carpinteria no hay palabras