Progressive Photos of BLM Burl HF

[mike ash]

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I've been hanging on to this burl for about 6 years and after a little experience with my Monster, it was time to make something out of it. It measures about 8 1/2 " high by 10 1/2" Diameter. There were several features that I wanted in the finished product, so it's walls are a bit thicker (3/8") than I set out to make it.

Tell Steve and Baxter to check out the photos, as I'm finally making use of their photo advice and counsel. C&C's welcome of course! Thanks for looking, Mike



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[Chris Burgess]

Gorgeous, just a great piece.

[Marty Eargle]

Beautiful.

BLM is easily in my top three favorite woods and this piece seals it there. I think you more than did the wood justice with the form of this piece. The natural opening and embellishments around it are a great addition!

[John Keeton]

Mike, this is some excellent work! I love the collar treatment, and the stuff going on with the side is really eye catching. Very nice form, too.

[Donny Lawson]

Beautiful Burl. I bet that one took some time to turn.

[Steve Schlumpf]

Mike - very nice work on the hollow form and your photos! Really like the profile shot - look slike you carved the Tree of Life into the side of the form!! Now that's natural embellishing!! Nice work! Thanks for sharing!

[charlie knighton]

very nice, form and wood, thanks for sharing

[Curt Fuller]

Mike, that is just beautiful. I really like the stepped feature around the top. That's an awesome piece of wood and you've done a beautiful job with it.

[Greg Just]

beautiful - when I saw the side picture, it looked like a tree. Very cool!

[David E Keller]

What a neat piece of wood! I love the detailing near the top of the piece, and the tree image formed on the side of the piece. The profile shot seems to show a few little irregularities in the curves, but I still think it's a pretty special piece. Thanks for sharing.

[Steve Vaughan]

Yup, I like that piece. And I like that image of a tree in the side of it, really great looking!

[Michael James]

Mike - very nice work on the hollow form and your photos! Really like the profile shot - look slike you carved the Tree of Life into the side of the form!! Now that's natural embellishing!! Nice work! Thanks for sharing!
Yes...I had to do a double double take to make sure I wasn't looking at a carving. Awesome piece, Mike.....nice job!
mj

[Scott Hackler]

Nice! I thought you had carved the tree image as well! Great natural feature.

[Bernie Weishapl]

Beautiful piece. Really nice features on the side.

[Kathy Marshall]

Beautiful piece, fantastic wood and ditto everyone else on the "tree"!

[Josh Bowman]

Mike,
Great job. I bet the rough chunk gave the powermatic a workout! I do really like the tree within the tree.

[Jim Burr]

You did a great job on showing off all this piece had to offer Mike! Beautiful work!

[mike ash]

Thanks for all the comments. I am constantly learning from the comments on this forum and from some of the beautiful projects you all display.

It amazes me what treasures we find in some pieces of wood, and this one had that "tree of life". My wife says it isn't going to the charity raffle as intended. I better get out there and find another blank as the raffle is next friday.

Keeping the chips flying, Mike

[Bill Bolen]

Well I got to this post late and everyone has stated my thoughts so....Just a beautiful piece!...Bill...

[Tim Thiebaut]

Very nice Mike, reminds me of some antique piece from greece or something along those lines. I have a piece of burl similar to this I have been trying to figure out how to use it, still havnt decided yet.

[Jon Nuckles]

That is really neat to "find" a tree on the side of your form. Nice work.

[James Combs]

Well I got to this post late and everyone has stated my thoughts so....Just a beautiful piece!...Bill...

What Bill said says it all.

[Mark Hubl]

Glad you finally cut into that chunk. Really pretty looking piece, and the natural tree is quite a feature. Nice.

[Marc Himes]

Very nice piece, with the natural tree making it even better.

[Ed Morgano]

Mike,
I thought you did carve the tree till I looked closer. That is really a beautiful work of art. I don't blame your wife for hanging on to it.