Chestnut Burl Bowl
Burl a growth on a trunk or root · Sweet chestnut Castanea sativa
A fruit bowl carved from a single chestnut burl. The pattern, like a scattering of tiny eyes, is what a burl looks like on the inside.
25,500 ₽
Payment and shipping are arranged once availability is confirmed. Pick-up in Sochi, shipping across Russia by freight carrier; international shipping can be discussed. Details
- Material
- chestnut burl
- Size
- 40 × 33 cm, height 10 cm, depth 6.5 cm
- Finish
- oil-wax
The story
A Growth Decades in the Making
A burl on a chestnut grows slowly, adding to its tangle of fibers year after year. On the outside it is a lumpy growth on the trunk; on the inside, a pattern of tiny eyes like a starry sky.
I hollowed this bowl out of the burl by hand and kept its uneven rim. It is heavy, warm in the hands and one of a kind: there will never be another burl like this.
— the maker, MASSIV MASTER
About the species
Burl a growth on a trunk or root
A burl is a growth on a tree's trunk or root in which the fibers twist in every direction. It gives the most complex figure wood can have, and it cannot be grown on purpose: every burl is an accident decades in the making.
About the species
Sweet chestnut Castanea sativa
Sweet chestnut is a tree of the Western Caucasus and the Black Sea coast, an heir to the ancient Colchis forests. Its wood resembles oak: bold growth rings, a warm honey tone and plenty of tannins, so chestnut tolerates moisture well and lasts for decades. Old trees often have a hollow heart — and those trunks give the most striking rounds.
