{"product_id":"hollow-form-turned-from-buckeye-burl-4","title":"HOLLOW FORM TURNED FROM BUCKEYE BURL","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Baskerville',serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Baskerville;\"\u003eBuckeye and related species are native to the eastern and western United States. Much of it comes from \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Baskerville',serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Baskerville;\"\u003eCalifornia, hence the botanical name of this species, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Baskerville',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\"\u003eAesculus californica\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Baskerville',serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Baskerville;\"\u003e. The timber from California and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Baskerville',serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Baskerville;\"\u003eOregon is not particularly interesting underground, but in its burl (above ground) form, Buckeye more \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Baskerville',serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Baskerville;\"\u003ethan makes up for this: the wood is soft, with a palette of grays, whites, blacks, beiges, and some brown and orange. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Baskerville',serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Baskerville;\"\u003eThis all comes all from the oxidizing of underground minerals the burl has absorbed. The patterns that are \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Baskerville',serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Baskerville;\"\u003egenerated by these colors are simply spectacular, like no other burl wood in the world.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eThe variations and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Baskerville',serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Baskerville;\"\u003eshapes in the figure are endlessly fascinating. (There are also a couple of places where the natural colors of the Buckeye have been enhanced with iron oxide.)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Baskerville',serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Baskerville;\"\u003eHollow form turning is one of the greatest technical challenges for a woodturner: here the entire contents of the vessel have been removed through the 0.5” hole in the top!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Baskerville',serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Baskerville;\"\u003e4\" dia x 3\" high\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Baskerville',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family: Baskerville; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;\"\u003eAll proceeds from all sales of woodturnings support famine \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Baskerville',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family: Baskerville;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Baskerville',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family: Baskerville; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;\"\u003erelief in Darfur and provision of assistance to women and girls \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Baskerville',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family: Baskerville;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Baskerville',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family: Baskerville; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003evictimized by genocidal sexual violence\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Baskerville',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family: Baskerville;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Eric Reeves Woodturner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48552095973581,"sku":null,"price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0628\/9234\/3501\/files\/IMG_9678.jpg?v=1775932168","url":"https:\/\/www.ericreeves-woodturner.com\/products\/hollow-form-turned-from-buckeye-burl-4","provider":"Eric Reeves Woodturner","version":"1.0","type":"link"}