"It has been said, 'time heals all wounds.' I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessens. But it is never gone."

-Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy

🌲Tree resin (along with other gum and latex fluids) plays an extremely important function in trees by rapidly sealing over wounds used as introductory pathways by invading insects and fungal disease agents. Organisms that try to enter a tree via a wound can be flushed out, can become stuck and trapped in the seal and can be overcome by the resin's toxicity. In any event, consistent resin flow is essential to the continued health of most conifers.

Pinus canariensis The Canary Island pine is capable of rising from the ashes like a phoenix. Formerly, due to its valuable tea wood, the man exploited the pine forests, but today they are mainly used for recreation.

Pinus canariensis

El pino canario es capaz de resurgir de las cenizas al igual que un ave fénix. Antiguamente, debido a su valiosa madera de tea, el hombre explotó los pinares, pero hoy en día sirven principalmente para la recreación.

An unusual shot, this is a macro of resin exuding from a wood knot - the sun's rays were hitting it just perfect and it caught my attention and imagination. I took the light reading from the brightest part of the shine on the resin to get the exposure I wanted and this, in turn, brought out the rich gold colour and gave a nice black background. I processed the levels in post to further emphasise the blackness.

Epoxy resin

Highest position: 184 on Thursday, October 15, 2009

Mit der Abendsonne von hinten beleuchtet, quillt aus einer kleinen Öffnung aus dem Stamm.

I still have a backlog of photos from the last three years and I'd like to get some of them on here along with some new pics.

This is photo is of a string of wood resin dripping down, it looks to me me like artisan jewelry!

Helios 44 M

Oberjoch, June 2020

Stretching to your breaking point is never easy

Megachile exilis

Bavière, 2017

resin from a very fresh wood

Douglas Fir

Difficile de rendre la couleur exacte qui est un joli violet bleu à cause de la brillance !

J' ai donc coulé une première couche de résine translucide et attendu une dizaine d'heures avant d'ajouter une autre couche teintée d'encre à alcool de couleur purple. Puis j'ai ajouté quelques taches d'encre purple et du blanc, à l'aide d'un bâtonnet, j'ai étiré ces taches en arabesque et laissé la résine travailler et sécher durant 24 h. J'ai alors collé mes petits sujets découpés dans du papier épais doré à l'aide d'une matrice , quelques fines paillettes d'or et coulé une couche de résine translucide. Pour qu'elle soit vraiment dure, il faudra encore une semaine de séchage.

Si vous avez des conseils pour ce genre de capture en brillance, je suis preneuse !

Merci à tous de vos visites, je vous souhaite une agréable soirée. Amicalement,

from Aleppo Pine

Many-worlds (H. Everett)

Fenyőgyanta - időszakosan megfolyt üvegszerű forma

Talán éppen a lencsehatás olvasztotta meg újra és újra

Egyszer talán borostyán lesz belőle

Ég és Föld többszörösen megjelenik benne. Fejjel lefelé.

Pine resin - it flows periodically, like molten glass

Perhaps that is melted by the lens effect over and over again

At one time might be amber

Sky and Earth repeatedly appears on it. Upside down.

close up ;-)

Reçine

New Year time family portait again.

make up by kamarza, body blush by Indirella

The worm-eaten tree in yard was cut down yesterday. I found nice resin-drops on the cutting surface.

I hope it will become "Amber".

Pressed flower in resin

Handmade by me