This is inside of piece of bark with natural insect patterns. I believe it is from pine tree. Should I preserve it with something or leave as is? It isn’t quite as highlighted as it looks in picture so I was wondering if something applied would enhance it more.
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What you should do depends on what the end game is. When I look at that I see a nice globe lamp. Mount it on a nice base and put the light in front of it. It's tough to experiment on a one of a kind piece of wood, but some dye stain to darken the pattern and then a satin topcoat might make it pop. Have fun.
Thank you for your thoughts. I appreciate your response! I just want to display as is but worry that since it is all thick ponderosa pine bark it will slowly fall apart. I don’t know if pouring or dipping it in teak oil would be good or bad. And oil wouldn’t help adhere the delicate bark layers on reverse side.
Has anyone worked with just bark not with the wood it came from?
The patterns are really nice. Having a light source oblique to the patterns will create a wonderful effect. Be aware that it's possible there are insects living in the bark, you might want to consider treating the wood to eliminate that threat.
Thank you for your idea. I just don’t know what to preserve the bark with and was hoping there might be someone who has used “bark only” in a project.
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