Liquid rigidity
Material investigation
December 2021 Collaboration and development with Luise Arnold
Based on a sample tile made from a scrap piece of wood from the trunk of a Grenheart tree.
Greenheart trees are a fast-growing rainforest tree, native to Guyana and Suriname. It is one of the cheaper hardwoods available on the market, and is much less costly than other hardwoods like oak or other woods of native nut trees.
Its durability and resistance make it the perfect material for outdoor constructions and for use in marine conditions, and especially in the making of deckings of verandas and balconies.
It is an extremely dense wood, even denser than water and has a very high oil content, which makes it harder to use for furniture. For these reasons, it gets this specific satin-finished surface, which reveals itself when using a CNC milling machine.
We wanted to use the hardness of the wood and turn it into something that has a sense of fluidity, while still being extremely sturdy.
The table showcases different qualities of the wood rather than the ones it is commonly used for.
The table is here photographed in front of a poster made by Luise ; the poster shows the sample tile with which we initiated our material investigation, through splashes of water which work as a lens allowing an even closer look into the wood grain.
