In celebration of 35 years, Mapex Drums recently released a special-edition Saturn Evolution series drum kit featuring a Maple Burl Blaze finish here. Its exotic maple burl veneer, with rich, ...

I’ve had my eye on this maple in my woods for some time. Not because it’s a beautiful timber tree. It’s only about 8 inches in diameter, after all. But it has an interesting burl about 14 feet up the ...

I don’t know exactly how it happened, but sometime between 2018 and now I became obsessed with burl wood. Maybe I was under the influence of ’70s decor after coming out of my PoMo phase, but something ...