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, ...

You could say bowl-maker Michael Combs has carved out a second career within his second career. Combs, 62, makes wooden bowls, a calling he’s been pursuing full-time since retiring from Monroe ...

Q: I found this 18-inch-diameter circular bowl on one of my treasure hunts. The reed trim around the top edge is in excellent condition. The patina is gorgeous, and the piece is quite heavy. Perhaps ...

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 ...

WATERLOO — The Cedar Valley Woodworkers will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Waterloo Center for the Arts.

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 ...

I found this 18-inch-diameter circular bowl on one of my treasure hunts. The reed trim around the top edge is in excellent condition. The patina is gorgeous, and the piece is quite heavy. Perhaps it ...