The wood is oak. It was felled with others because it was sickly. I had to keep soaking this week because of the weather to control the cracking, that did effect the colour a bit by making the centre darker, but the coloured outer ring was already there. It was the first greenman i have done, the meditative look is due to me been too scared to drill the eyes and inadvertently making him bug eyed. I have thought of selling some of my woodwork but don't know how to go about it.