This piece of spalted Maple brings to mind a desert scene - with it's colors, and what appears to me to be sedimentary layers. :

"Desert Flower"



California Big Leaf Maple
#0103
20" x 20" x 16"

I found a bullet in this peice, someone must have used this tree for target practice.

If you look closely you can see the brass coating on the bullet.

California Big Leaf Maple
#0103
20" x 20" x 16"

A view of the inside

California Big Leaf Maple
#0103
20" x 20" x 16"