I don’t think I’ve seen any solarpunk art (much less real world construction) with transparent wood, so I wanted to share
Not only is transparent wood real but apparently it has been around in labs for a bit. Take a look! (And let me know if this is old news for you)
Article: https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/12/why-scientists-are-making-transparent-wood/
Wikipedia with video: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transparent_wood_composite
Original paper publication: https://45-79-48-20.ip.linodeusercontent.com/s/trDsHKKWwsHsQZ5
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Filling the air pockets with a substance like epoxy resin that bends light to a similar degree to the cell walls renders the wood transparent.
Unfortunately we still need to add plastic to make it strong.
NileRed has some videos about it:
I’m surprised I watched the whole video. Haha. Mildly interesting. Maybe slightly more than mild. 😁