On a mid-July morning in Corvallis’ Willamette Park, Callie Gunderson’s two-year-old son climbed a maple tree. Gunderson said playing in the park is the best way to encourage him to be adventurous.

This week's project features a large oak burl sourced from a fallen tree estimated to be around 300 years old, affected by Oak Fungal Disease which hollowed out the base of the trunk. The bowl was too ...

On a Thanksgiving visit to Giles County, Va., we met Allen Neely, a true mountain man who shared his passion for tree burls. A burl is an abnormality in which bud cells have grown in a chaotic manner, ...