This live edge wooden vase boasts exotic natural curving and flowing lines with accented branch scars.  It is 16.5" tall x 10" wide x 5'' deep (front to back), and weighs 8 lbs. 9.6 oz.
This salvaged curl-leaf mountain mahogany wood came from a 7” diameter and 15’ tall tree, about 100 years old, that fell in a windstorm in Eastern Oregon prior to 2017.  After collecting the wood, I shelved it to cure for 5 years, then over the next 3 months I sculpted it off and on using a combination of aggressive and delicate power tools combined with fine hand tools and tons of sandpaper.  
A smooth satin oil-based finish and a unique mix of waxes protect the final sculpture.  It can safely hold dried flower and with the aid of the provided plastic inserts it can hold wet flowers.  
Care of your Valuable Art piece:    
1.  The beauty of your art piece will best be maintained by periodic gentle dust removal with a very soft brush on a vacuum cleaner, and, if wanted, occasionally rejuvenating the finish with a very light coat of a wood-protecting wax like Howard Feed-N-Wax. 
2. As for all wood art, it should NOT be displayed in direct sunlight (no wood likes direct sun) because strong light fades rich colors.  Of course, some wood colors inevitably change over time. 
3. Display this treasure where it will be protected from chemicals, moisture and damaging heat. 
4. If you have specific questions, you are welcome to email me:  rcpaulson@msn.com.  
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About mountain mahogany (Cercocarpus ledifolius) -- a typical tree is shown above.   
This evergreen North American species of mountain mahogany is called curl-leaf mountain mahogany (in the rose family, Rosaceae).  It has dark, hard, beautifully grained, dense and heavy wood, which makes it one of my all-time favorites for creating beautiful art pieces.  These trees can live over 1,300 years, so it is one of the longest lived flowering plants (not related to the tropical mahoganies).  
Curl-leaf mountain mahogany lives across much of the dry Western United States and in Baja California in Mexico, and is found at elevations ranging from 800 to 9,800 ft.  It prefers shallow, well-drained and rocky soils with a sandy or grainy consistency, and is generally found in areas that receive only 6-9 inches annual moisture.  It is found on low mountains and rocky, rugged almost cliff-like slopes, where it grows in scattered groves among other drought-resistant species such as pinyon pines, junipers and sagebrush.
Cercocarpus ledifolius is a large, densely branching tree which can reach heights of 35 ft, although it is not uncommon to find the adult plant acting like a shrub as short as 3 ft.  Its leathery, sticky, dark green leaves are up to 1.6 inches long and lance-shaped, and the edges may curl under. The flower consists of a small tan tube from which protrudes a long, plume-like style covered in luxuriant tan hairs. The flowers are arranged in inflorescences of up to 3. The fruit is a hairy achene 0.2 to 0.4 inches long.
The trees are slow-growing, sometimes taking up to a century to reach full height.  
Data above is from texts, the Internet, and my personal experience:  https://treespnw.forestry.oregonstate.edu/broadleaf_genera/mountain_mahogany.html ---