Playing with Pods

Raw Material, seeds still attached to pod

Green Pod Designs

These pods and seed grouping are made from the Australian Blackwood Tree, acacia melanoxylon.

Indigenous Australians derive an analgesic from the tree. I derive an analgesic too, designing with these pods makes me happy!

It is valued commercially for its highly decorative timber which may be used as a cabinet timber, for musical instruments or in boat building. More on Wikipedia...

Brown Pod Pattern