The melalueca is often referred to as a "paperbark" as it's bark is very reminiscent of a strong tissue paper. Each layer is in a different hue, and it was quite fashionable for a time, for artists to create entire pictures using different coloured bark pasted to a board background.
I suspect that that particular art movement has now been relegated to the "tourist kitsch" school.
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Great images. Congratulations.
ReplyDeleteAnd thank heavens for that, I say! Together with macrame baskets.
ReplyDeleteLovely light exposing the layers here.
Beautiful. We have a paperbarl and river birch that have similar bark but not the same.
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Is this the tree that produces the bark for aboriginal paintings?
ReplyDeleteYes Jilly, and also for cooking and for that matter lining plant baskets.
ReplyDeleteHandy stuff!