Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Can you put a name to this?

What is it?



The skin of a _____?

We found it on the Boundary Bay beach, just below the high tide line. Does that help?

How about if I step back a bit?



That should be pretty obvious.

It's art by Ol' Ma Nature, working in mixed media: black rot fungus, some of that green slime that grows on any wet wood around here in the winter, sun and salt bleached wood, in collaboration with a crew of chomping critters.

Here's the context:



Old driftwood, root end.

6 comments:

  1. Well said! Beauty can be found every where if you are looking. I'm glad you had your camera when you found this.

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  2. That type of pattern is also known as spalting. It makes very beautiful carved objects.

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  3. Absolutely beautiful! Thanks first for seeing and then for recording Ma Nature's work of art.

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  4. Yes, the wood weathers so wonderfully near or in the water!

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  5. Thanks, all.

    Kirk, Yes, "spalting". I had heard the word, but couldn't locate it in my dusty old memory files. Now I've got it. I think. Thanks!

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  6. Very lovely - could almost be a snakeskin. It reminds me of the burr wood that wood turners so like when making bowls and carvings

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