Big leaf maple burl

[Roland Falk]

This past summer I stopped in Bad Dog Burl on the way home from vacation and ended up with a nice wood gloat. One piece I brought was a piece of "big leaf maple" tall burl. Never turned a piece of wood like this and was a wonderful challenge.
Here’s what I ended up with – WOP and buffed finish. I decided it needed a base –so I made one from paduck, 11” tall with the base and 5” in diameter.
Thanks for looking.

[Tony De Masi]

Beautiful workmanship Roland. Love what you did with that burl.

Tony

[Norm Zax]

Very interesting piece. Well done.

[Toney Robertson]

Love the piece. It is VERY nice.

I am not sure about the base. For me it does not flow with the piece.

I would like to see it with out the base.

Toney

[David E Keller]

Beautiful wood and nice shape. I think I like the base but would like to see a photo with/without if possible

[alex carey]

Great piece, love the display.

[Steve Schlumpf]

Roland - love the burl! Beautiful wood - great form and finish! Not 100% on the stand as it is really good looking on it's own and steals some of the attention from your burl!

No matter - very nice work! Thank you for posting!

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Roland,

I'll argue with them. I love the burl....the wood....the form and finish and I like the contrast between the flowing form of the burl and stand. I also like the contrasting woods.

I like it as is!

[John Keeton]

Roland, I love everything about the form - the wood is gorgeous! On the base, I like the contrast in color and shape, but I probably would have made it a tad smaller. To me, the mass of the base is a little heavy for the form.

[Roland Falk]

Thank you all for the great comments. I really feel that the base sets it off, especially when on display. But now have to agree with John that it's a tad too big.

I'm hoping for a big snow storm this weekend--- more time in the basement finishing up some old forms.

[Bill Bolen]

Love the piece anh your presentation is right on...Bill..

[Bernie Weishapl]

Really a great looking piece. Love the burl and the stand. Well done.

[Skip Spaulding]

Very nice, looks great with base, bet it could hold it's own without base also;)