In these photos, we have two burl bowls and two sculptures. The first one is a Eucalyptus burl bowl and the wood was located on a farm about 50 km north of Meiringspoort in the Western Cape on a farm. It took some finding the farmer to ask permission to harvest this wood but after trying several times I finally managed to get permission. I since have become good friends with this farmer as I normally do. I stained the Bark areas black complimenting the red colour of the burl and its extremely rare and hard to find.

My journey with nature and woodland areas began from as far as I can remember. Spending time in forest and woodland areas was just part of growing up in the Garden Route of South Africa.

I recall that I always had the ability to see the potential of dead forgotten wood, being a functional decorative piece in your home, rather than just being dead somewhere. I didn’t pursue a career in wood artistry until 5 years ago. I was also advised in school by my art teacher that I should rather take another subject seeing that I “don’t have an creative bone in me" which I of course did.
I mean teachers cant be wrong.
So my journey with wood and more so Burl wood over the last 5 years, has taken me to various parts of South Africa seeking that rare burl nugget.