{"product_id":"hand-carved-frog-parasite-wood-sculpture","title":"Hand-Carved Frog - Parasite Wood Sculpture","description":"\u003cp\u003eThese attractive Frogs are handmade in Indonesia by a fair-trade artisan cooperative.  The artisans have used traditional carving techniques on an unusual type of wood.  The Frogs are made from \"parasite wood,\" or \u003cem\u003ebenalu\u003c\/em\u003e, a dense mushroom-like growth created when aerial mistletoe embeds itself in the bark of jempinis trees. \u003cem\u003eBenalu\u003c\/em\u003e is considered a type of wood in its own right.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI find these Frogs so interesting (their unique poses and expressions!) and I am fascinated by the unusual texture of the \u003cem\u003ebenalu\u003c\/em\u003e wood.  I especially enjoy flipping each sculpture over to look at the base, which features striations resembling mushroom gills.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eEach is one-of-a-kind and incorporates natural variances in the wood.  Exact sizes vary, but most range from 4\" to 6\".\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Birdmoss","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48353241170141,"sku":null,"price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0549\/1756\/2529\/files\/handmade-frog.jpg?v=1786301130","url":"https:\/\/birdmoss.com\/products\/hand-carved-frog-parasite-wood-sculpture","provider":"Birdmoss","version":"1.0","type":"link"}