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 ...

The raw materials are stacked high in Montana Stone Carving’s woodshop in Kalispell. Piles of salvaged wood from a 110-year-old barn in the Smith Valley area are stacked on one side. Burl logs and ...

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 ...

Nature's twisted sense of humor has put a smile on the face of members of the Friends of Schiller Park organization. The German Village group has turned a burl, and part of the tree trunk to which it ...