Materials

A light wood with subtle tight grain.

A warm mahogany with moderate grain and reddish orange to warm brown tones.

Sapele dyed black with just enough grain and pores to know that it is still wood

Warm chocolate brown grain with butterscotch highlights

Solid color lacquer can be tinted to most any color

Crystal clear Acrylic or Lucite

Refined concrete, not a sidewalk and not super polished

Polished cable that is industrially used as sailboat rigging.

Aluminum with a brushed finish

Solid stainless steel rods

A composite wood normally used for structural architectural applications

Solid aluminum blasted with glass beads to give a matte finish similar to a Macintosh computer