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  • Bowls and Platters
    • Bowls and Platters A-B >
      • AFRICAN BLACKWOOD
      • AFZELIA BURL
      • ASH
      • AMBOYNA BURL
      • AMBROSIA MAPLE
      • ANDIRA
      • APPLE
      • APRICOT
      • ARIPIN
      • BIMBLE BOX BURL
      • BIRD'S EYE MAPLE
      • BLACK and WHITE EBONY
      • BLACK FOREST CHERRY
      • BLACK LIMBA
      • BLOODWOOD
      • BLUE MAHOE
      • BOCOTE
      • BOLIVIAN ROSEWOOD
      • BORNEO ROSEWOOD
      • BOX ELDER
      • BRADFORD PEAR
      • BRIAR BURL
      • BROWN EBONY
      • BROWNHEART
      • BROWN MALLEE BURL
      • BUBINGA
      • BUCKEYE BURL
      • BURMESE BLACKWOOD
      • BURMESE PADAUK
      • BUTTERNUT
    • Bowls and Platters C-G >
      • CAMATILLO
      • CAMPHOR BURL
      • CANARYWOOD
      • CARANDA
      • CEBIL
      • CEDAR
      • CEDAR ELM
      • CEYLON OAK BURL
      • CHAKTE VIGA
      • CHECHEM
      • CHERRY
      • CHERRY BURL
      • CHINABERRY
      • COCOBOLO
      • COCOBOLO BURL
      • COCOBOLO BIG
      • COCUSWOOD
      • COFFEE BURL
      • COOLIBAH BURL
      • COTTONWOOD
      • CRATE MYRTLE
      • DALMATA
      • EAST INDIAN ROSEWOOD
      • EBONY
      • ELM
      • GMELIA BURL
      • GRANDILLO
      • GRAPE ROOT BURL
      • GREENHEART
      • GUAYACAN
    • Bowls and Platters H-L >
      • HACKBERRY
      • HOLLY
      • HONDURAN MAHOGANY
      • HONDURAN ROSEWOOD
      • HONDURAN ROSEWOOD BURL
      • HONEY LOCUS
      • HORISTES BURL
      • HORMIGO
      • HORNBEAM BURL
      • HUBUBALI
      • IMBUIA
      • IVORYWOOD
      • JARRAH BURL
      • JATOBA
      • JOBILLO
      • KAKAWATE
      • KAMANI BURL
      • KATALOX
      • KINGWOOD
      • KNOBTHORN
      • KOA
      • KOU
      • LACEWOOD
      • LACEY SHEOAK
      • LEOPARDWOOD
      • LILAC
      • LIMESTONE CEDAR
      • LOGAN BERRY
      • LOURO PRETO
    • Bowls and Platters M >
      • MACAWOOD
      • MACASSAR EBONY
      • MACHICHE
      • MADRONE BURL
      • MANZANITA BURL
      • MAPLE BIG LEAF BURL
      • MAPLE CURLY
      • MAPLE SPALTED
      • MAPLE QUILTED
      • MAPLE TEXAS GROWN
      • MORADO
      • MARBLEWOOD
      • MASUR BIRCH
      • MESQUITE
      • MILO
      • MONTERILLO
      • MORA
      • MOVINGUI
      • MUN EBONY
      • MULBERRY
      • MUSKWOOD
      • MYRTLEWOOD
      • MYRTLEWOOD BURL
    • Bowls and Platters N-P >
      • NARGUSTA BURL
      • NARRA
      • NECTARINE
      • NORFOLK PINE
      • OAK
      • OAK CURLY
      • OBSIDIAN BURL
      • OLIVEWOOD
      • OSAGE ORANGE
      • PADAUK
      • PAELA BURL
      • PANGA PANGA
      • PASTACHIO
      • PECAN
      • PECAN SPALTED
      • PERNAMBUCO
      • PHEASANTWOOD
      • PINK IVORY
      • PLUM
      • POST OAK
      • PRADAUK
      • PURPLEHEART
    • Bowls and Platters Q-S >
      • QUEENWOOD
      • RED BUD
      • RED BUD BURL
      • RED GUM
      • RED MALLEE BURL
      • RED PALM
      • REDHEART
      • REDWOOD
      • REDWOOD BURL
      • RIB FRUITED MALLEE BURL (CORRUGATA)
      • RUSSIAN OLIVE
      • SABAH EBONY
      • SAPELE
      • SAPELE POMMELE
      • SASSAFRAS
      • SATINE BLOODWOOD
      • SATINWOOD
      • SCYAMORE
      • SHEDUA
      • SINDORA BURL
      • SNAKEWOOD
      • SPALTED TAMARIND
      • STAGHORN SUMAC
    • Bowls and Platters T-Z >
      • TAMBOOTIE
      • TASMANIAN FIDDLEBACK EUCALYPTUS
      • TASMANIAN EUCALYPTUS BURL
      • TASMANIAN MYRTLEWOOD
      • TEAK
      • TEAK BURL
      • TEXAS EBONY
      • THIN WIN
      • TREE OF HEAVEN
      • TULIPWOOD
      • TZALAM
      • VITEX BURL
      • WALNUT
      • WENGE
      • WHITE ASIAN PEAR
      • WHITE TOP BURL
      • YELLOW BOX BURL
      • YELLOWHEART
      • YORREL BURL
      • YUCANTAN ROSEWOOD
      • ZAPOTE
      • ZEBRAWOOD
      • ZIRCOTE
  • HANDCRAFTED SALT AND PEPPER MILL
    • AFZELIA BURL MILLS
    • AMBOYNA BURL MILLS
    • ASH BURL MILLS
    • BOCOTE MILLS
    • BIG LEAF MAPLE BURL MILLS
    • CANARYWOOD MILLS
    • CAMPHOR BURL MILLS
    • COCOBOLO MILLS
    • CORRUGATA BURL MILLS
    • LACEY SHEOAK MILLS
    • MANZANITA BURL MILLS
    • MIADOU BURL MILLS
    • NARGUSTA BURL MILLS
    • PURPLEHEART MILLS
    • OBSIDIAN BURL MILLS
    • REDWOOD (LACEY) MILLS
    • SPALTED TAMARIND MILLS
    • TAMBOOTIE MILLS
    • TEAK BURL MILLS
    • WALNUT MILLS
    • CLARIO WALNUT MILLS
    • ZEBRAWOOD MILLS
  • Bowls with Lids
  • Salad Bowl & Bowl Sets
  • Texas Burl
  • Hollow Forms
  • Miniature Bird Houses
  • Kaleidoscope Eggs
  • Vases
  • Nature's Signature
  • TEXAS CAPITOL HERITAGE WOODS
  • Other Work
    • GAME TABLE
    • August's Desk and Chairs
    • Pinocchio
    • Bedroom Furniture
    • Bubinga Coffee Table
    • Pool Cue Rack
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    • Fireplace Mantles
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 MANZANITA BURL (Arctostaphylos manzanita) grows from Southern California up to Washington State. The wood is a deep red color with yellow tones. Not a magnificent shrub in stature, girth, or symmetry, the common manzanita still stands out against its California habitat. The brown chaparral and bleak earth background highlight the manzanita's remarkably smooth, tight-fitting skin of dark red on its trunk and intertwined branches.
   Rarely more than 30' tall at maturity, this native of the dry inland mountains sports an evergreen crown often spreading as wide as its height. Come the winter rainy season, it puts all competitors to shame with showy white or light pink blooms. Later in the year, its twisted limbs bear tiny fruits, which the state's Spanish-speaking pioneers dubbed "little apples," thus giving the plant its present name.
   With its gnarled shape and squat trunk, the manzanita never attracts lumbermen. Local crafters, however, find the manzanita's branches appealing in floral arrangements. But in the roots they discover perhaps manzanita's most intriguing aspect. Beneath the ground lies a fascinating burl that, when sawn, cleaned, and polished, can pass for ceramics or marble.
   Under the woodturner's touch, this "mountain driftwood" evolves into naturally colorful weed pots, vases and bowls. But beware of this beauty. The burls frequently grows around rocks that remain undetected until suddenly hit by a turning tool!
© 2014  NELSONWOOD All Rights Reserved        All turnings,woodwork and photos by Bryan Tyler Nelson
  • NELSONWOOD PORTFOLIO
  • Crochet Hooks
    • NELSONWOOD HOOK REVIEWS
  • Bowls and Platters
    • Bowls and Platters A-B >
      • AFRICAN BLACKWOOD
      • AFZELIA BURL
      • ASH
      • AMBOYNA BURL
      • AMBROSIA MAPLE
      • ANDIRA
      • APPLE
      • APRICOT
      • ARIPIN
      • BIMBLE BOX BURL
      • BIRD'S EYE MAPLE
      • BLACK and WHITE EBONY
      • BLACK FOREST CHERRY
      • BLACK LIMBA
      • BLOODWOOD
      • BLUE MAHOE
      • BOCOTE
      • BOLIVIAN ROSEWOOD
      • BORNEO ROSEWOOD
      • BOX ELDER
      • BRADFORD PEAR
      • BRIAR BURL
      • BROWN EBONY
      • BROWNHEART
      • BROWN MALLEE BURL
      • BUBINGA
      • BUCKEYE BURL
      • BURMESE BLACKWOOD
      • BURMESE PADAUK
      • BUTTERNUT
    • Bowls and Platters C-G >
      • CAMATILLO
      • CAMPHOR BURL
      • CANARYWOOD
      • CARANDA
      • CEBIL
      • CEDAR
      • CEDAR ELM
      • CEYLON OAK BURL
      • CHAKTE VIGA
      • CHECHEM
      • CHERRY
      • CHERRY BURL
      • CHINABERRY
      • COCOBOLO
      • COCOBOLO BURL
      • COCOBOLO BIG
      • COCUSWOOD
      • COFFEE BURL
      • COOLIBAH BURL
      • COTTONWOOD
      • CRATE MYRTLE
      • DALMATA
      • EAST INDIAN ROSEWOOD
      • EBONY
      • ELM
      • GMELIA BURL
      • GRANDILLO
      • GRAPE ROOT BURL
      • GREENHEART
      • GUAYACAN
    • Bowls and Platters H-L >
      • HACKBERRY
      • HOLLY
      • HONDURAN MAHOGANY
      • HONDURAN ROSEWOOD
      • HONDURAN ROSEWOOD BURL
      • HONEY LOCUS
      • HORISTES BURL
      • HORMIGO
      • HORNBEAM BURL
      • HUBUBALI
      • IMBUIA
      • IVORYWOOD
      • JARRAH BURL
      • JATOBA
      • JOBILLO
      • KAKAWATE
      • KAMANI BURL
      • KATALOX
      • KINGWOOD
      • KNOBTHORN
      • KOA
      • KOU
      • LACEWOOD
      • LACEY SHEOAK
      • LEOPARDWOOD
      • LILAC
      • LIMESTONE CEDAR
      • LOGAN BERRY
      • LOURO PRETO
    • Bowls and Platters M >
      • MACAWOOD
      • MACASSAR EBONY
      • MACHICHE
      • MADRONE BURL
      • MANZANITA BURL
      • MAPLE BIG LEAF BURL
      • MAPLE CURLY
      • MAPLE SPALTED
      • MAPLE QUILTED
      • MAPLE TEXAS GROWN
      • MORADO
      • MARBLEWOOD
      • MASUR BIRCH
      • MESQUITE
      • MILO
      • MONTERILLO
      • MORA
      • MOVINGUI
      • MUN EBONY
      • MULBERRY
      • MUSKWOOD
      • MYRTLEWOOD
      • MYRTLEWOOD BURL
    • Bowls and Platters N-P >
      • NARGUSTA BURL
      • NARRA
      • NECTARINE
      • NORFOLK PINE
      • OAK
      • OAK CURLY
      • OBSIDIAN BURL
      • OLIVEWOOD
      • OSAGE ORANGE
      • PADAUK
      • PAELA BURL
      • PANGA PANGA
      • PASTACHIO
      • PECAN
      • PECAN SPALTED
      • PERNAMBUCO
      • PHEASANTWOOD
      • PINK IVORY
      • PLUM
      • POST OAK
      • PRADAUK
      • PURPLEHEART
    • Bowls and Platters Q-S >
      • QUEENWOOD
      • RED BUD
      • RED BUD BURL
      • RED GUM
      • RED MALLEE BURL
      • RED PALM
      • REDHEART
      • REDWOOD
      • REDWOOD BURL
      • RIB FRUITED MALLEE BURL (CORRUGATA)
      • RUSSIAN OLIVE
      • SABAH EBONY
      • SAPELE
      • SAPELE POMMELE
      • SASSAFRAS
      • SATINE BLOODWOOD
      • SATINWOOD
      • SCYAMORE
      • SHEDUA
      • SINDORA BURL
      • SNAKEWOOD
      • SPALTED TAMARIND
      • STAGHORN SUMAC
    • Bowls and Platters T-Z >
      • TAMBOOTIE
      • TASMANIAN FIDDLEBACK EUCALYPTUS
      • TASMANIAN EUCALYPTUS BURL
      • TASMANIAN MYRTLEWOOD
      • TEAK
      • TEAK BURL
      • TEXAS EBONY
      • THIN WIN
      • TREE OF HEAVEN
      • TULIPWOOD
      • TZALAM
      • VITEX BURL
      • WALNUT
      • WENGE
      • WHITE ASIAN PEAR
      • WHITE TOP BURL
      • YELLOW BOX BURL
      • YELLOWHEART
      • YORREL BURL
      • YUCANTAN ROSEWOOD
      • ZAPOTE
      • ZEBRAWOOD
      • ZIRCOTE
  • HANDCRAFTED SALT AND PEPPER MILL
    • AFZELIA BURL MILLS
    • AMBOYNA BURL MILLS
    • ASH BURL MILLS
    • BOCOTE MILLS
    • BIG LEAF MAPLE BURL MILLS
    • CANARYWOOD MILLS
    • CAMPHOR BURL MILLS
    • COCOBOLO MILLS
    • CORRUGATA BURL MILLS
    • LACEY SHEOAK MILLS
    • MANZANITA BURL MILLS
    • MIADOU BURL MILLS
    • NARGUSTA BURL MILLS
    • PURPLEHEART MILLS
    • OBSIDIAN BURL MILLS
    • REDWOOD (LACEY) MILLS
    • SPALTED TAMARIND MILLS
    • TAMBOOTIE MILLS
    • TEAK BURL MILLS
    • WALNUT MILLS
    • CLARIO WALNUT MILLS
    • ZEBRAWOOD MILLS
  • Bowls with Lids
  • Salad Bowl & Bowl Sets
  • Texas Burl
  • Hollow Forms
  • Miniature Bird Houses
  • Kaleidoscope Eggs
  • Vases
  • Nature's Signature
  • TEXAS CAPITOL HERITAGE WOODS
  • Other Work
    • GAME TABLE
    • August's Desk and Chairs
    • Pinocchio
    • Bedroom Furniture
    • Bubinga Coffee Table
    • Pool Cue Rack
    • Boxes
    • Lamps
    • Len's Recipe Card Box
    • Fireplace Mantles
    • Carvings
    • Ring Boxes
    • Clocks
    • Chess Set and Board
  • Contact Me
  • Reviews
  • Monster
  • About The Artist