CN Charred Harwood Framed Beetle

In this hauntingly beautiful piece, Christian Nyberg pairs charred wood with an iridescent preserved beetle—creating a meditation on fragility, permanence, and transformation. The wood, burned and hollowed using Nyberg’s signature method of ember placement and re-firing, cradles the beetle in a natural depression shaped by flame. Cracks and charred edges lend a sense of elemental erosion, as though the object was unearthed rather than made.

The beetle itself, gleaming with metallic greens and bronzes, appears fossilized mid-motion—its armored form contrasting the softness of the wood’s interior curves. This fusion of organic decay and timeless preservation evokes both a natural reliquary and a modern relic. A quiet, powerful object that invites pause—and wonder.

• Approx. 6” x 6” x 3” at widest points