I have not the slightest clue what this was....

[Drstrangefart]

I found this at work. It seems to be a seed cone from some kind of evergreen. Dad soaked it with thin CA as soon as I showed it to him, and we worked on another one I brought, cutting it into a blank, then trying to turn it down into a pen, as it looked stunning. It promptly fell apart miserably. This one was gonna go to waste, I spotted some confetti lamps on a table in Dad's workshop, and we turned it into an oil lamp.

 

[Mark]

Great idea. IDK what it is either. Great use of materials either way...

 

[ctubbs]

Dang shame the first one exploded, it would have made one cool pen.
Charles

 

[fotographik]

Nice work!

 

[Drstrangefart]

Dang shame the first one exploded, it would have made one cool pen.
Charles

Yeah. You shoulda seen the blank. And we soaked it with SO MUCH CA.

 

[JerrySambrook]

Do you have any more, or a before picture?

To me it liikes like caning that is wound in to a sphere of some sort

 

[Drstrangefart]

Sadly, I have no before pics. As soon as the one we left untouched had an overnight in the basement, it started to open up. Kinda quit being a usable material at that point. Haven't found any more at work either, sadly. Looks like squirrels nail 'em the second they hit the ground. They comr from some kind of evergreen tree. A manager thought it may be from a Hemlock.

 

[bitshird]

Cool Confetti lamp.