Spalting, chatoyance, burl: this is some of the vocabulary to describe the incredible visual (as oppose to structural/physical) aspects of wood. Some designs showcase the incredible lines and patterns made by fungal or bacterial action reacting with the wood fibers - that's spalting. Others use the translucent-but-refractive chatoyance, which is an almost holographic effect produced by cutting the wood across its grain in a specific way. Other effects come from burl, or the wart-like growths on trees that set the grain off in chaotic directions and mesmerizing swirls. 

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Each piece is shaped by hand from locally reclaimed wood. Wear the forest we live in, and find out how deepening your relationship to the living ecosystem around you might shift your perspective!