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나무 · A Goblincore Curiosity Cabinet
Oak Gall
Formed when wasps lay eggs in oak bark. The tree wraps the intruder in a perfect sphere. Used for centuries to make iron gall ink.
Mycelium Network
Beneath the forest floor, fungi connect every tree in a communication network older than the internet. Trees share nutrients through these threads, feeding the sick and young.
Scientists call it the Wood Wide Web. The trees have been calling it home for 400 million years.
Lichen
Not a plant, not a fungus -- a partnership. Lichen is two organisms choosing to be one. It grows on bark, stone, and bone alike.
Heartwood
The dead center of a living tree. Heartwood no longer conducts water but provides the structural strength that lets a tree stand for millennia. The tree's strength comes from what it has already lived through.
Bark Beetle Gallery
Under the bark, beetles carve branching tunnels that look like river deltas or neural networks. Destruction as art.
Resin Amber
Tree blood, frozen in time. Amber preserves insects, pollen, and air bubbles from 100 million years ago. Every piece is a time capsule sealed by a tree that has long since returned to soil.
The most beautiful amber comes from trees that were wounded. The resin that healed them became immortal.
Moss Carpet
The humblest floor covering in nature. Moss asks for nothing but shade and moisture, and gives back a world in miniature.