Also know as flame or fiddleback maple this figure appears in all varieties of maple. It is similar to the Birdseye and Blistered varieties in that only beneath the bark can this striking figure be discerned. This wood, when properly finished, has a distinctly three-dimensional look as if the flat surface is actually rippled like sand or silk. And in fact, when split with an axe, the wood does have an actual rippled or wavy texture.