This hollow form has been turned from an amazing piece of Buckeye Burl, one that required a great deal of work stabilizing bark enclosures. Buckeyeand related species are native to the eastern and western United States. Much of it comes from California, hence the botanical name of this species, Aesculus californica. The timber from California and Oregon is not particularly interesting underground, but in its burl (above ground) form, Buckeye more than makes up for this: the wood is soft, with a paletteof grays, whites, blacks, and some brown and orange.
This all comes all from the oxidizing of underground minerals the burl has absorbed. The patterns that are generated by these colors are simply spectacular, like no other burl wood in the world.The variations and shapes in the figure are endlessly fascinating.
This vessel has been fully hollowed, all through the on-half inch opening on the top of the turning.
