Natural Artifacts Joined Together

The coral and pine cone are joined with a screw. I originally used wire to connect the pine cone to a rock, but in our class discussion we talked about the binding agent and if it should be so dominate in the design. When furniture is constructed there needs to be special consideration on how all the pieces fit together. Most of the time it is better to hide the binding agent so the focus stays on the design of the furniture, not how it was assembled. Taking that into account, I eliminated the wire and decided to use a screw instead. The rock was dense and my drill was not strong enough to make a hole, so I replaced it with a piece of coral. I drilled a hole into the bottom of the pine cone and the center of the coral and wedged them together. There is so much rigid detail on both the coral and pine cone that they compliment each other. The coral adds greater detail to the finished product than the smooth rock did. Both natural artifacts are small in scale, however when they are joined together they remind me of something larger. Maybe a palm tree on the beach or an island.