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Silver Maple Burl Bowl from Roxborough St.,Toronto. Dimensions: 10 1/4"W x 4"H

Buckeye burl bowl Dimensions: 11 3/8"W x 4 3/4"H

Big Leaf Maple burl, pierced, mounted in a piece of California Buckeye Burl. Piece measures 12" across by 3/32" thick

This is the same form, without the finial.

This is a piece of elm burl I parted off a larger blank. 12 1/2" wide. 1/4" thick

Wild birch burl platter.

Natural edge birch burl bowl.

Before and After showing the true color of the burl

I want to post this Redwood burl vessel; it is from a blank I received from Sean Troy a few years ago. Thanks Troy! Coming from the desert the blank had a few checks; I left these natural and did not try to disguise them. It is 5x3.75, walls thickness is 3/32, the opening is 11/16, oil finish...

Cherry Burl 18" natural edge bowl turned by Bill Collison

Silver Maple Burl Bowl, log recycled from Roxborough Street, Toronto. Very High Figure with Ambrosia & Bark Inclusion. I sealed about 40 ambrosia holes in this bowl Dimensions: 13 3/4"W x 6 3/4"H

Turned 3/32" thick by 20" x 20" natural edge Big Leaf Maple Burl. Had a lot of movement in this piece, plus I was able to capture a lot of color in the burl itself. A fun piece to turn

Unknown Australian Burl, winged natural edge burl. 18" tip to tip

Red Maple Burl Bowl Dimensions 11 1/2"W x 4"H x 1/8" very thin-walled. 2 coats shellac and 4 coats salad bowl oil.

Red Maple Burl - Wide Rim Platter#1091 - Front View. 17 1/2"W x 3 1/2"H

Red Maple Burl Wide-Rim Platter, 17 1/2"W x 3 1/2"H. Log recycled from the city tree dump. next photo shows the front view.

Black Myrtle Burl natural edge piece without a foot. turned 3/32' thick, size is 5.5" x 8.5". filled voids and cracks with powdered brass, inserted 3 pearls, 2 white and 1 black. Mounted in scrap piece of Cherry Burl.

Big Leaf Maple Burl. The wing is 16" x 13" the bowl is 5.5" across and with the feet Prox 3" tall. The wings are at various heights as I was able to capture some movement in the piece. The rim was carved with a dental drill. The entire piece is around 3/32" thick.

Cherry Burl, vase shape without a foot. hollowed to around 3/32" thick. Used scrap piece of cherry burl to carve the stand.

Burl tree and vine (Name suggestions needed please ) Well hopefully I have finished Like Gordon said this is a hard one to photograph as there are so many things happening it is hard to cover the piece in a few shots. Also the colours of the vine as they have dark to light highlights added...