MTB Root Art

I am not the artist, nature was. I rescued these pieces from rot, removed the bark, cleaned up the broken ends and preserved the wood. A boric acid soak was used as a deep preservative and tung oil is used on the surface. There is no polyurethane,paint, stain or varnishes; Mom Nature does fine coloring. Unfortunately these roots were gleaned from construction sites where most of the tree had been removed. Identifying the type of wood is difficult. They are from Athens County, Ohio for the most part.

This is a saved oak root. The base is black walnut. Many hours were spent picking the bark out of the root fiber. The peice was sold in 2019.

It's sad that most of the time this beauty rots in the ground unseen.

"Camel in Bondage" was sold in 2019

"Rooty Dragon" is an unknown wood type. The base is black walnut cambium.

"Vase" took weeks of work as the core was rotted but the underlying berl was beautiful. Why did nature make the prickly borders?

"Rabbit" is a maple root. His "eye" moves.