My last years discovery was plumtree. Got some branches when wind did its usual work above the fence. My first thought was ‘hey, there’s some serious brown in them’ and threw some in the car. When I looked at those more closely after some time drying I noticed those many different colors and some blotches here and there. While carving one can easily chance upon little irregular dark holes and groovy patterns. Here’s what I found in one random piece of plumtree-
And if my IPhone 5 can put these lines on picture imagine what it looks like in real life. Even its bark is wondrous to cut with pink, purple and so warm brown spots. I would certainly put bark pieces into XOR resin if I had some. I remember I had a few photos of this magic bark somewhere…