It wasn't of him, or his wife and child (which I do always appreciate) but something equally exciting, a huge burl he and his son found erupting from a tree along a nature trail near their house.

Burls are round to irregular bumps or bulges that develop on tree trunks. Their exact cause is something of a mystery. Some suggest that burls form in response to insect damage, a pathogen, or at a ...

As we can see, a central anchor is mounted to the top of each Burl, much like a globe hanging on a Christmas tree, and for ...

Under the cover of night, poachers sneak into the parks and shave off the burls at the base of the tree. Semper Virens. Heartwood. A knotty growth of bark, the burls are filled with unspotted bud ...

Large burl from some maintenance work to a Cucumber Tree, hollowed out. Infill is a mixture of used ground coffee and CA. Burl was part dried in my low temperature kiln, then rough turned ...

Currently in purely conceptual form, the Burl Treehouse combines organic aesthetics with a minimalistic design. It draws inspiration from the natural shapes of tree burls – those rounded ...

With the latest Burl Treehouses concept, Antony again pushes the boundaries of architectural design while keeping the environmental equilibrium. These treehouses are a collection of pod-like ...

He uses burls, these bulbous and kind of gross growths found on the side of trees. Look inside them and you'll see amazing swirling patterns. But when Uli looks inside, he sees an opportunity to ...