Bethlehem olivewood is cut from trees that have grown since the time of Christ.
It is a raw material from which mainly religious, historical, and artistic articles are made.
Bethlehem olivewood is heavy, dense and durable with distinctive colors that range innuances of red and creamy pigments with irregular gray, brown,
and wild black lines.
Other hardwoods cannot match Bethlehem olivewood in its beauty of grains and variety of coloring.
As we turn the wood blank, it often changes completely from its outside appearance.
There is something very mystical about watching it reveal its final appearance.
