Larkin's portal period and mushroom period have collided!
The cap of this mushroom is a moss agate with deep purple-red strands suspended in the translucent agate.
Larkin cut the doorway from petrified wood found by our family— they left its front rough to show the wood grain, and polished its back which is visible on the back of the piece.
The back features a small vine weaving in and out of the doorway and a tendril of ivy creeping across the agate. Girded with a shiny silver veil and topped with a custom bail, this is a little piece of forest magic!
It's easy to imagine some of Larkin's recent pieces as fairy houses, but I see a family of laughing field mice wearing wildflower hats in this one. ;)