Michael Bruno is a certified arborist and owner of Bruno Tree Care. He has been in the tree business since 1997.  Years before he started his tree business, Bruno learned the value of turning wood into usable products when he took his first shop class at eight years old. Understanding the value of lumber and utilizing his belief in restoration and recycling, Bruno started milling wood into planks and stockpiling old timber. Sub-Urban Forestry was formed in 2008 to create pieces of art and useable furniture from the wood that was no longer useful, a threat to safety, and trees that needed removing for various other reasons.

Today Bruno has honed his skills to curing wood in a way that keeps it from cracking, and learning to fabricate the sort of grinders and other mechanisms needed to turn the wood into his vision of usable and esthetically beautiful products.

Bruno is called to take down many trees that have fallen prey to thousand cankers disease, a fungus identified in 2008. Using the wood to create a piece of beauty is a passion of his. His skills helped him create a personal piece for his family. He created a non-traditional yet spectacular cradle for his daughter, Alice.

Bruno works with all sorts of wood, especially walnut which is prevalent in the Willamette Valley. He takes great pride in rescuing and salvaging beautiful wood that otherwise would be chopped into little pieces. ​

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Other Wood Workers:

Jimmy Essien
End Grain Custom Cutting Boards 
auroraartisan.com
503-307-7043

Michael Heuser
Fine Art Furniture 
witnesstreestudios.com

Glen McHargue
Woodworking and Botanicals 
toadvinebrand.com

Tim Lundholm
Drawings and Furniture 
timlundholm.com

Casey
Wood Worker
401-474-4929
cslezak@gmail.com

R. Nelson
Wood Worker
503-360-6705
rdnelson@mac.com

Jim Bailey
Turner
503-508-4119