So I found this image on the internet
Clear-resin-stump-table.jpg
http://www.homejelly.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Clear-resin-stump-table.jpg

I have seen numerous pieces of art like this with a large amount of plastic/epoxy looking material? Sometime the resin is inside the wood, sometime outside.

However, the cheapest I can find resin is about $25 per gallon, which is really expensive for a piece as large as this one.

What kind of material do you think this is around the stump? Is it resin? How would you go about recreating this piece of art?

Thanks.

Patrick.