For anyone who was at the Boots and Hearts music festival a couple of years ago, when a severe storm moved through and ...

Two burls on a tree in Springvale, Maine. He asked me about this burl, and I realized I didn’t know much about burls other than that they are woody growths that erupt from trees and are used by ...

On some trees, these hard, woody outgrowths — called “burls’’ — stand out on an otherwise clear trunk like a goiter. On other trees, the whole trunk might be covered with these masses.

It is only a coincidence, however, that the rare and curious burls from which the gaudiest veneers for furniture are made result from a tree disease somewhat similar to boils. Nobody knows what ...

Under the cover of night, poachers sneak into the parks and shave off the burls at the base of the tree. Semper Virens. Heartwood. A knotty growth of bark, the burls are filled with unspotted bud ...

But, it has an interesting burl about 14 feet up the trunk. As a woodturner, I love the twisted wood grain found in most burls. A burl is a surprise package on a tree. Yes, straight grained wood ...

The other reason the Whitewater cottonwood’s lifespan might have been shortened, were it not on state land, is that it is loaded with knobby outgrowths, or protrusions, called burls. Although ...

Woodturning a stunning black locust burl log into a unique vase with a glass insert. This wood was salvaged from the firewood pile after the tree was cut down due to developing rot. The piece features ...

Burls Art has been doing Burls Art things again, with another build that pushes the boundaries of guitar design. Behold, the Steampunk Bronze, a true heavyweight T-style pushing 40lbs When you ...