Woodturning a thuya burl blank into a carved wavy bowl. This burl features incredible grains and colors, although sanding this wood can be quite unpleasant. An angle grinder was used to shape the ...

Check out Allan Katz's appraisal of a Woodlands carved ash burl bowl, ca. 1800, in Celebrating Native American Heritage. Antiques Roadshow is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, ...

Introduction -- American colonial burl bowls and service wear -- The Patten Family maple burl sugar bowl -- The covered burl bowl -- The burl mortar -- Assorted burl treen -- Burl effigy bowls of the ...

On a tree, a burl is like scar tissue. It's the coarse, unsightly, gnarled-up scab that forms after a branch is ripped off or the bark has been damaged. (After last winter's ice storm in central and ...