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30 Jul

PINKU is the new BLACK

By reSAWN TIMBER co. In CHARRED WOOD, Inspiring Designs, Product Installs, RSTco. furniture /  

shou sugi ban wall cladding + black walnut conference table

PINKU is one of the newest designs in the CHARRED collection from reSAWN TIMBER co.  To create the CHARRED colors, reSAWN starts with cypress wood in either #2 common grade or select grade.  TThe wood is carefully charred, misted with water, cooled, brushed to remove dust and loose debris, and then stained/sealed to create the unique designs you will find in the CHARRED collection.  The top coat sealer is applied prior to shipping (for exterior applications, we recommend sealing the face & back).   The unique shou sugi ban burning process is what accentuates the wood grain and allows us to create the CHARRED COLORS – rather than a simple stained piece of wood, you get a textured and varied look with black accents from the charring.  To maintain a newer aesthetic of the oil finished COLORS, the oil should be reapplied every 2-4 years.   However, as weathering, exposure conditions, altitude, and applications can vary, maintenance may be needed sooner and should be performed when visually necessary, regardless of time frame.  Alternatively, reSAWN offers two fully CHARRED designs called HAI and MOYASU which require less maintenance long term as there is no wood grain exposed under the top coat due to the full char.  Most of the CHARRED COLORS are finished with an exterior grade oil that protects the wood against the elements – JINZU and MIDORI are finished with an interior only oil and should not be specified for exterior applications.

PINKU is featured here along with RSToc. CONFERENCE TABLE 3 in north american black walnut.  RSTco. was created to distinguish our increasing work with custom millwork and furniture.  The founders and craftsmen of RSTco. have been creating furniture pieces for private customers for 30+ years and reSAWN has grown to a national presence with sales reps and projects around the USA and abroad.  Visit our Furniture page for more info or contact us to discuss your project needs.

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22 Jul

KISSED BY FIRE :: NEW IN RSTco FURNITURE

By reSAWN TIMBER co. In CHARRED WOOD, RSTco. furniture /  

RSTco. furniture is pleased to offer KURUMI: North American Black Walnut that is lightly CHARRED and then prefinished with either hardwax oil or a conversion varnish.  We recently created 2 of these KURUMI table tops for reDISTRICT based out of Alexandria, VA.  The tops are 30” X 30” X 1-3/4” thick.  Learn more about RSTco. furniture and our collaborative design process.  KURUMI can also be used for interior wall cladding & millwork – request samples here.

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02 Jul

WOODWORKING & “THE ACCIDENTAL DESIGNER”

By reSAWN TIMBER co. In Inspiring Designs /  

To some, four years of design school sounds like a long time. But in the story of “The Accidental Designer,” we learned that Tom Sullivan became a successful designer/builder after spending eight years as a shipbuilder’s apprentice.

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Shipbuilding is something like woodworking or furniture design on a massive scale. The art and science of shaping enormous timbers into structures that are both attractive and seaworthy requires an understanding of wood and tools—from handheld analog to massive machines—that most furniture designers will never have to grapple with. And while a furniture designer may learn the porosities of various woods to understand how each of them will accept stain and finishing, the shipbuilder must learn these things because if they get it wrong, their creations will sink. The eight years versus four starts to make a lot of sense.

That’s just a taste of what’s on offer. Everything from tool usage to finishing to restoring to the actual woodworking techniques are covered, with new videos popping up all the time. Next time it’s slow at work, or you’re just keen to learn something new and maybe find a new skill to master, check out the channel.

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25 Jun

THINGS WE LOVE :: URBAN REMAINS

By reSAWN TIMBER co. In Inspiring Designs, RSTco. furniture /  

With their main facility and building artifact museum and gallery located just west of downtown Chicago, urban remains deals exclusively in the reclamation and recycling of american antique architectural artifacts and other oddities found among commercial and industrial buildings or residential structures. Their vast website collection contains over 20,000 meticulously documented and photographed recovered and/or found artifacts found throughout the united states. New acquisitions are added daily to their respective categories found on the homepage. Urban Remains does not deal in new or reproduction building artifacts.

Repurposed american industrial l-shaped stationary sitting bench comprised of solid yellow pine wood residential mortise and tenon sill plate beams – several configurations available

Heavily worn early 20th century american antique industrial freestanding rock hard maple fulton meat parking market wood butcher block table fabricated by john boos & co., effingham, il. 

One of several matching late 1930’s american industrial hard to find and highly sought after “pollard brothers” versatile factory locker room benches with original solid maple wood top.

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Original and intact vintage american industrial all-welded joint freestanding lightweight factory machine shop table likely fabricated in-house.

All RSTco. furniture is custom built and finished in our woodshop from locally sourced and sustainably harvested wood species. we prefer and specialize in solid wood construction as well as using traditionally joinery wherever possible. we offer a variety of finishes that are both durable and complimentary to the wood. other media in addition to wood are often incorporated into designs such as steel.

Contact us to collaborate on your custom furniture design.

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05 Jun

Roughness and Care :: Charred Furniture

By reSAWN TIMBER co. In CHARRED WOOD, Inspiring Designs /  

With a combination of roughness and care, Kaspar Hamacher chops logs into sections, strips the bark away and places smaller burning logs on top to create legs from the charred remains, creating this unique design for charred furniture.

Given the natural ingredients of both raw timber and burning embers, the results, while clearly of a kind when set next to each other, are nonetheless always unique.

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05 May

MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN

By reSAWN TIMBER co. In CHARRED WOOD, Product Updates, RSTco. furniture /  

Tables and Credenzas from RSTco. Furniture :: modern furniture design techniques and materials mixed with traditional woodworking skill.  Images below feature:
1 BLACK WALNUT CONFERENCE TABLE WITH METAL BASE
2 CURLY MAPLE CREDENZA WRAPPED IN SHOU-SUGI-BAN RED OAK – WITH OXIDIZED MAPLE ACCENT STRIPES AND RELIEF HANDLES
3 NETSU SHOU-SUGI-BAN CHARRED TABLE TOP WITH METAL BASE
4 AMERICAN BLACK WALNUT CREDENZA WRAPPED IN WHITE LAQUER
5 BLACK WALNUT CONFERENCE TABLE WITH METAL BASE

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02 Apr

CHARRED TIMBER HOUSE BY HARUNATSU-ARCH

By reSAWN TIMBER co. In CHARRED WOOD, Inspiring Designs /  

Charred Japanese cedar clads the exterior of this split-level house in Izumo, Japan, by Kanazawa studio Harunatsu-Arch.  The architects chose to clad the exterior with charred Japanese cedar boards, giving the building a blackened textural surface that contrasts with the smooth concrete foundation slab.

http://www.dezeen.com/2014/10/22/harunatsu-arch-gui-house-japan/

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