Patrick James 
Unurth just posted photos of new work by the artist NeSpoon, whose "Urban Jewelry" can be spotted on these tree trunks in Poland.
The photos are quite lovely (you can see a few more here), and the concept reminds me of the "stump birds" located in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles, California:
Stump bird photo by Will Etling
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