the pod..

I love the pods of Australian gumtrees ...
They are built to withstand fire and protect their precious content like a jewelry case or a safe...

The bowl is from a collection I called  "black truffle" 
because its colour and texture remind me of that very expensive mushroom delicacy... 
Somehow that pod and that bowl
 seem to belong to each other 
and needed the luxury of a bed of silk ...