I was picking some corn from the garden and thought what the heck. (Now poor hubby just gives me a look like, “really, you want to laser that?” lol.) I didn’t expect to really love the results, but the texture is just beautiful. I have more lined up to do now and have to figure out the best way to display them.
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I’m so glad you tried that! I’ve got a bag of husks here (picked up from the hobby store) that I’ve been wondering what to do with! Cool! Cool! Cool! 
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They’ll make great fall decorations I think!
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Heck, you could use them as gift wrap. How cool would that be? (Or just use them as place cards in the middle of the plate at Thanksgiving dinner.)
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i have it on my list to try engraving on paper birch bark. my wife has written on pieces and used it for gift labels.
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Oh, I’ll bet that will be sweet!
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Now that’s a great idea! My brother in-law is the place card king and we all wait to see what cards he comes up with every year. He’ll love this.
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Oh man, I have birch bark on my list! Have to find a good source though.
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Love it! Custom engraved tamalés anyone?
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We just peel it off of our two paper birch trees.
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Ha ha.beat me to it…that was my first thought 
Love the dark contrast!
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Beautiful! I guess a lot of natural materials will be good candidates for this.
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You didn’t use proofgrade corn husks? 
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I can neither confirm nor deny my use of non-proofgrade material for this project 
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We grow our own corn and it will be ready to harvest soon I think. The husks are green and quite thick. How do you get white ones that look like onion skin? Is it just a matter of drying them or is it a different type of corn?
Honestly I was bad about watering our little corn patch and some of the ears hard started drying out on the stalks :-). The husks were still slightly pliable though and not brittle yet. I pulled off several and placed a book on them to make them dry flat. The corn was just plain’ol Indian corn.
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they’ll eventually tend to white as they dry out.
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Not so corny, indeed! If you make some more, you’ll have a festive set of silverware holders for the fall.
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You bought husks?! I get them free with every cob I buy…
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Chuckle! I used to do that but I started nuking the corn in the husks and it kind of ruins them for drying out. (Makes the corn taste better though…it was a trade-off.) 
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