{"id":19643,"date":"2015-04-20T03:05:42","date_gmt":"2015-04-20T10:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=19643"},"modified":"2015-04-13T17:04:38","modified_gmt":"2015-04-14T00:04:38","slug":"arbutus-bark-palette-premo-color-recipes-vol-084-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/arbutus-bark-palette-premo-color-recipes-vol-084-a\/19643\/","title":{"rendered":"Arbutus Bark Palette | Premo Color Recipes Vol-084-A"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Arbutus<\/a><\/a>1-<\/span>A<\/span>: Gnarled
\n<\/span> 2-<\/span>A<\/span>: Arbutus Bark<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>
\n3-<\/span>A<\/span>: Peeling Arbutus<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>
\n4<\/span>–<\/span>A<\/span>: Arbutus Wood<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n

This beautiful gnarled tree, with its colorful textured bark, grows only on the Western Coasts of North America from British Columbia Canada (where we are from) down through Washington, Oregon and Northern California. Here in BC we call it the Arbutus Tree. It’s Latin Genus Species name being Arbutus menziesii.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the United States, this gorgeous tree is known as the Madrona, Madrone or Bearberry. According to Wikipedia, the Concow Tribe calls this tree the\u00a0 dis-ta-tsi (Konkow language) or kou-wat-chu.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is one of my most favorite species of trees. Then tend to grow in the most wind swept shores along the coastline, so they carry with them a spirit of gnarled beauty and rugged survival instincts. Their twisted branches and colorful peeled bark, lash themselves to rocky cliffs… hanging on for dear life… looking stunning during the whole adventure!<\/span><\/p>\n

I wasn’t with Doug when he snapped this photo at Manchester State Park on our last PcT Roadtrip. He tends to take a lot of photos on his own… either early in the morning before I awake… or sometimes during the day when I’m working on dinner or cleaning up the trailer. Sometimes he can take an hour taking pictures and he’s only stepped a few meters away from camp… so rather than just stand there watching him, we often choose to do things apart while he gets his shots :)<\/span><\/p>\n

I kind of wish I had been there for this shot though. This Arbutus is such a gorgeous specimen, I would have loved to see it in person. This photo is the next best thing though, and that is why it is the color inspiration for our next color recipe series. I do hope you enjoy this Vol-084-A Series color palette chosen for the month of May 2015.<\/a><\/span> \"Arbutus<\/a><\/p>\n

The following Vol-084 A-series Arbutus Palette will be added to the Polymer Clay Members Library<\/a> at the beginning of May 2015:<\/span><\/p>\n