burl

inherited this unwieldly oak burl from fellow turner/friend about 4 years ago. continually contemplated where/how to start with it. Inspired by another club member who had a similar piece I finally dove it. I hate roughing out, but everyone of the felt like roughing from start to finish but...

Collection of Red Elm Burl vessels. Tallest measuring 14".

Locust Burl and Rosewood. Love this piece. It's my first off-center goblet.

Little embellishment on the top :)

Manzanita Fountain came from some of the manzanita root burls salvaged from the wildfires around Los Angeles c. 2011. After plenty of postage to UPS and chain saw chains dulled by the dirt and rocks, I was able to get som nice pieces. This one turned out well enough to earn a 1st place in 3D...

My Aunt gave me a burl. Said she has had it for 20 to 30 years. It's very dry! She says they still have a whole shed full of dry burls from central Alaska. My guess is that it is yellow cedar but I'm not a wood expert. What would you do with this?

Top is walnut. Finished with Minwax Antique Oil.

10" x 3.5".

6" high x 7" wide bowl from a Maple burl. Sealed, edge-burned, and waxed. This was actually in my unfinished and don't-know-what-to-do pile for about 3 years because of some punky spots. Glad I found it.

This one is a bit different as I have no idea of the species, it was dropped by a friend as part of a roadside find by him. Odd shaped, part burl, fire damaged, a couple of voids and fragile. 15cm x 8.5cm oiled.

This box is a small ring box, made of Ziricote with a Redwood Lace burl inlay. The burl inlay was in the cutoff bucket. Size is approx. 3 inches tall and 2 inches in diameter. I changed the photo angle for a better view.

Stands 11.25 inches tall. Brass, Gaboon Ebony, Cherry Burl.

Manzanita burl. 7.5 x 5.5 inches

Manzanita burl. 7.5 x 5.5 inches

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Black oak burl from a stump in our yard. 12 inches across and 5 inches deep. Amazing grain in this burl; I had a bit of fun twice turning as it went oval and was difficult to finish turn. Finished with mahoney's walnut oil/wax

This 8-inch diameter bowl/vase was turned from a block of Poplar Burl. The overall shape reminds me of a head of cabbage, hence the name. I was inspired by a recent demo by Cindy Drozda at the AAW conference on how to plan and cut a burl along with an image I saw of a similar 'ball in bowl'...

Here's an image of the other side of the 8-inch diameter bowl/vase turned from a block of Poplar Burl. The overall shape reminds me of a head of cabbage, hence the name. Poplar is usually a very plain wood, but this burl has provided plenty of excitement with its variety of colors, textures...

Maple Burl wall hanging with water and alcohol-based dyes and many coats of spray lacquer. The center is the handiwork of termites, some of Mother Nature's own artists... I embellished the outer rim with a torch to contrast against the dye and to complement the natural color in the center.

This 8-inch diameter bowl was turned from a Poplar burl. Color and detail contrasts were added with a carved and colored band around the mid-section. Finish is Watco oil buffed on the Beall system.