A Little World in Petrified Wood
Cream-white bands wind between black, grey, tan and rusty-brown patches on this petrified wood sphere, giving its rounded form a lively pattern. Ochre adds a warmer note among the darker areas. Fine elongated streaks and scattered speckling bring another layer of detail to the smooth-looking, glossy surface, while soft reflective highlights catch the curve.
The irregular shapes suggest a little imagined archipelago: dark islands, pale channels and warm stretches of colour gathered into a single round world. Broad patches give way to finer marks, offering something different to notice as the eye follows the pattern. Its charm lies in that meeting of shapes and scales, with slender cream-white bands tracing bright paths through the deeper colours.
