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Burl Ring

Andrew March 25, 2010 Andrew, Design, Uncategorized

This was the result of an afternoon with a dremel against a chunk of wood I’d knocked off a tree trunk in South Wales.

After a little research, I discovered that the ‘chunks’ of wood such as the one I was working on are actually known as ‘burls’. A burl is an irregular lump of growth on a tree, often prized by wood workers for its interesting, erratic grain.

See here for more information on burls: http://www.blakelyburltree.com/burl.htm

I can definitely empathise with the worship of these mysterious little things.  They are beautiful when worked and stained in the right way, and will be collecting more when I return to Wales over the Easter weekend for future experiments.