Sculptured Panels - Adze

Adze panels produced using our Triply three-layer panels:

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  Adze Carved Alder

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  Adze Carved Ash

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  Adze Carved Olive Ash

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  Adze Carved Beech

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  Adze Carved Birch

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  Adze Carved Cherry

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  Adze Carved Maple

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  Adze Carved Oak

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  Adze Carved Fumed Oak

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  Adze Carved Walnut

Adze panels produced using our plywood:

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  Adze Carved Beech Plywood

Adze is a series of carved scallops taken from the surface of a panel to emulate the effect of using an adze - a hand tool similar to an axe with an arched blade at right angles to the handle. There is a difference of approx. 4mm between the high and low points of the carved design. In principle the design can be carved in panel thickness starting from 8mm (MDF) or 20mm (solid wood).

Adze is well-suited to the surface of our three-layer solid hardwood panels, or coloured MDF. The pattern is tileable in the standard panel size of 2400x1200mm. It can be supplied in a wide range of materials and in any size up to maximum 3600x1500mm, subject to availability of raw material in that size.

Adze carved panels are often supplied to bespoke size to minimize the amount of waste (e.g. 650mm width). In the form of three-layer solid wood panels, they are most often produced using panels of shorter length in order to take advantage of lower m2 price & improved availability of raw material.

• Hardwood Triply
  • 810x1250mm
  • 1000x1250mm
  • 1250x1250mm
  • 1650x1250mm
  • 1900x1250mm
  • 2050x1250mm
  • 2300x1250mm
  • 2500x1250mm
  • 2750x1250mm
  • 3000x1250mm

While removing material from one side of any panel can often cause it to cup towards the machined face, this design tends to be one of the most stable - although thinner panels tend to be more likely to deform.

We have found that our 20mm three-layer panels generally remain relatively flat with this design when first produced - often more stable than MDF - but as with any wood product it is vital that design of any installation allows for the risk of such movement, particularly if the panels are likely to be subject to changes in ambient moisture.

Ash, oak & steamed beech have generally proven to carve cleanly, while woods that tend to be knotty or have wilder grain (e.g. walnut, fumed or rustic oak) may result in a higher incidence of open defects appearing during the carving process, requiring repair by the person installing the panels. Although it is unlikely, it is not unknown for natural colour variation (such as brown olive heart in ash) to appear during carving since such colour variation may not be obvious until the moment that area is carved. Such aspects are characteristics of the raw material and are therefore not classed as defects.

MDF panels are often ordered with a white laminate bonded or a diamond pattern of relieving v-grooves machined into the reverse in order to help keep the panel as flat as possible.

This machined design repeats on a 2400x1200mm basis. Other repeats maybe possible

We can now offer matched sets to achieve mitred corners. These mitres can be cut on site using a standard panel saw or we can supply mitred corners precut if delivered via courier

• Construction
  • Machined into the surface of one of our three-layer hardwood panels, beech-throughout plywood, birch plywood, through-coloured MDF, or other suitable raw material (such as deep-rout MDF with a laminate to the reverse)
• Pattern height
  • Approx. 4mm
• Thickness
  • Typically 18-20mm, dependent upon material (minimum 8mm)
• Minimum thickness
  • Triply three-layer panels: 20mm
  • Deep rout MDF / Through-coloured MDF: 8mm
  • Beech plywood or birch plywood: 12mm
• Standard sizes
  • Produced to order in bespoke sizes
• Pattern repeat
  • Adjacent edges of carved panels can be trimmed so the carving matches from panel to panel in a 2400x1200mm tileable repeat
  • Other repeats may be possible
• Maximum size
  • Determined by material used and quantity required
  • In principle, individual panels can be machined up to maximum 3600x1500mm, subject to availability of chosen material