Stanley Park Red Cedar Burl Bowl

Stanley Park — the woodworker's collection

This wood came from the personal collection of a local woodworker who had done arborist work in Stanley Park. He saved pieces from trees that came down and kept them in his garage for over forty years. After he passed away, that collection came to me. The pieces include yew, cedar and maple burls. Each has its own grain and its own journey through the workshop, but they share this beginning.

Cedar Burl, Stanley Park

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This red cedar burl came from Stanley Park. When the tree came down, a local woodworker kept it rather than send it to the chipper -- he had an eye for what was worth saving. It sat in his garage for over forty years before it came to me. Forty years is a long time for a piece of wood to wait. Cedar burl like this looks like it has something to say from the outside. Sometimes it does. Sometimes it keeps its own counsel.

Stanley Park Red Cedar Burl Bowl

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A large, open bowl -- around ten inches across -- turned from the heart of the burl. The grain came out calm and clean, long lines rather than the wild figure the outside suggested. Cedar does that sometimes. What the bark promises and what the wood delivers are two different conversations. It's a generous size, comfortable in the hands, and the grain has a quiet warmth to it once the oil goes on. Finished with pure polymerized linseed oil and beeswax.