I like to see every piece of wood as a work of art — nature’s own creation, with its unique shapes and colors.
When I saw this piece of wood, fallen from an old oak tree in my father’s garden, I wanted to rescue it from its likely fate in the fireplace. Holding it in my hands, I could already see the potential to shape something beautiful from it.
Once stripped of its bark in my workshop, its colors and scent were revealed, and I could read its grain like traces of history.
Searching for a function that would turn it into a piece of furniture, it felt natural to use it as the base for a tabletop — transforming it into a small coffee table to keep beside a sofa, offering support for a cup of coffee, a glass of beer, or a book.
To improve the table’s stability, I reinforced the base with white concrete and connected the light top with steel rods. Finally, I oiled the trunk to enhance its colors, and painted the top with water-based white paint.
