Buckeye Burl Laminate

Buckeye burl is highly prized for the beautiful pattern of burl eyes swirls and other figure.

Buckeye burl laminate.

Burlwood is a company that sells high quality figured burl wood such as buckeye burl redwood burl and maple burl. Burl is a type of wood commonly used by artists for creating amazing sculptures and other pieces including clocks. Spalting of the wood transforms it from the off white color to a mixture of off white with grey blue or purple. Yes rattle snakes inside the voids.

It is highly prized for its unique shapes and ring patterns. Here we have some sheets of buckeye burl that has been vacuum dyed various colors to enhance the grains natural luster. Burlwood has been selling high quality burl for 35 years in six different domestic species. The wood is somewhat unstable when drying and usually cracks and distorts quite a lot.

We get the burls in whole and mill them right here at our facility into anything from guitar blanks to turning squares. These burls are all native to the west coast of the united states. Architectural panels millwork furniture and doors as well as cabinetry. Color ranges from bright yellow to cream sometimes with streaks of black blue and white throughout.

Ambers and other colors sometimes also occur. Buckeye is a very difficult and expensive wood to mill. Most pieces have wonderful burl and swirling grain patterns mixed with blue grey black golden color contrast. A native north american tree buckeye reaches heights of 30 70 feet with trunk diameters generally around 2 feet.

The burl wood has been stabilized and cut to 1mm thick veneers. Colors range from blue black to golden whites with a nice mixture in between. The quality of our buckeye burl redwood burl and maple burl is extremely competitive. This item is sold by the pound and is pulled from random cut offs and trims from our buckeye burl st.

Buckeye burl aesculus californica is an unusual species. I am highly experienced at cutting and processing each piece of burl to achieve the highest quality of figure. Buckeye burl wood veneer is a most unusual burl. Some of the obstacles faced when milling are rocks sand dirt bullets and rattle snakes.

Buckeye burl aesculus californica is one of the most interesting species we carry.