Made from 230 different kinds of wood that are made into the shapes of the states,countries,and continents the wood came from .The piece is 40" tall and the dome has a 28" diameter.
The trunk is turned from mahogany then the branches were carved.
The base is made from 6 different woods from each tree growing continent.
The dome is a geodesic dome, actually a dodecahedron, meaning a 12 sided ( pentagons)polyhedron. After contructing, I placed a 1" dowel in the center of 11 of the faces ( the 12th is the base). Then I glued 5 triangles on each pentagon, tipped up by the dowel, creating 55 flat surfaces in which to place my leaves.
About 25% of of the month it took me went into the conception and design.
I also created a book of all the woods used and a schematic to find them.
