Croissant Bark 🔥

Photograph a tree near you, then swap its bark for flaky pastry — laminated layers, golden, fresh out of the oven. The trick: it still has to look like THAT tree. About 45 minutes.

Every challenge has its own word — it's your entry signature, so the piece is clearly made fresh for this one. This challenge's word is BUTTER.

Steps

1. Photograph a tree with visible bark, with a handwritten note showing the word BUTTER resting against the trunk. This is your "before".
2. Replace the bark with croissant texture — buttery, flaky, layered.
3. Follow the tree's form: layers bend around curves and knots, texture sits in the shadows and splits of the original bark. It should look baked on, not pasted over.
4. Add one small detail that sells it — a confused bird, a baker's hand, crumbs on the grass.

What to Submit

Before and after images (BUTTER note visible in both), plus one close-up crop of the texture. In the notes:

tree name | e.g. "The Butter Oak"
sold it | <the small detail you added>

⚠️ Important

• Hand-made only — no AI. If AI is part of how you work, skip this one.
• Same tree, same framing, your photos.
• Texture follows the trunk's form — no flat overlay.