Pine Cone In Epoxy Experiment

I saw a pine cone-in-epoxy project on You Tube and liked the results so I tried to duplicate it with this project. I used a round piece of mesquite  (1 1/4" x 10 1/2") and bored a recess 5/8" deep and painted the bottom white to lighten up the look of the finished epoxy. Then I cut the pine cones so the center was  approximately  even with the top of  the recess. I dipped the pine cones in clear epoxy to seal them to prevent air  bubbles with the blue pour . After they dried, I poured  epoxy with the blue pearl coloring up to the top of the recess. There were a few bubbles but not many..
Then I cut off the pine cones sticking out and turned the top flat and poured clear epoxy over the whole thing.

After the epoxy is completely dry, I will turn it in a big jam chuck to clean up the bottom and leave  a round portion to center a lazy Susan bearing to the bottom and turn it into another project when I get home.
This was my first time using that powdered pearl colorant for epoxy and I really like the results. I have plans for it on future projects.

Cheers, Jim