Earlier we wrote about Hydrowood, the incredibly well-preserved timber being harvested from an underwater forest in Tasmania. The submerged trees have yielded gorgeous lumber:
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It would be a shame for any of that prized wood to go to waste, but the furniture-making process invariably yields off-cuts. London-based furniture designer Brodie Neill got his hands on some Hydrowood veneer off-cuts and has put them to good use, coiling over 3km of them to create his ReCoil table:
Images: Mark Cocksedge and Angela Moore
Images: Mark Cocksedge and Angela Moore
Images: Mark Cocksedge and Angela Moore
Images: Mark Cocksedge and Angela Moore
Images: Mark Cocksedge and Angela Moore
“The pattern pays homage to the annual growth ring formations of the treasured old growth trees,” observes Australian magazine Yellowtrace.
Images: Mark Cocksedge and Angela Moore
Images: Mark Cocksedge and Angela Moore
Images: Mark Cocksedge and Angela Moore
Images: Mark Cocksedge and Angela Moore
The ReCoil table is not yet up on Neill’s website, though it was exhibited at a recent retrospective of Neill’s work.
Source: core77