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Art Betke

Top view, root burl bowl

  • Media owner Art Betke
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I had to wrap masking tape around the rim to keep it from flying apart while turning the bottom.
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Art Betke
Gary,

That's from a birch. Occasionally a birch will have a burl at the base of the tree, half submerged in the ground, half above ground. Root burls have a very different figure in the wood and a totally different bark.
 

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FUJIFILM FinePix A820
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