From walls to ceilings, floors and furniture – chevron and herringbone wood adds visual interest and symmetry to these designs:
26
Mar
IN CONCEPT :: SHOU SUGI BAN CHARRED FURNITURE
Combining traditional solid wood furniture craftsmanship with shou-sugi-ban charred woods to create unique, modern pieces
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- Shou sugi ban charred BENCH
25
Mar
FIRE PAINTINGS :: PALAIS DE TOKYO
For his project at the Palais de Tokyo, Bernard Aubertin decided to produce a series of “fire-paintings”.
The French artist Bernard Aubertin met Yves Klein in 1957. After this capital meeting he painted his his first red monochromes. In 1961, Bernard Aubertin joined ZERO, a German artists’ group made up of (Otto Piene, Heinz Mack and Günther Uecker). With them Aubertin shared a distrust of language: “Art isn’t expression, it’s knowledge. You don’t have something to say, you can only be” (Bernard Aubertin). For Aubertin, monochrome painting is the best way to free oneself from the painter’s gesture and, in doing so, give rise to a pure space and an anonymous vital energy. Ascribing a prophetic, liberating value to the color red and “levitating fire,” in which he sees a materialization of “extrasensory” culture, Aubertin has tirelessly developed his many series of paintings, the “monochromes,” “squares,” “reds,” “fires,” “golds” and so on.
The “fire-paintings” are fashioned from matches, which leave only traces of smoke and charred wood in the end. Aubertin sees them as so many manifestations of the power of art materials.
25
Mar
INTERIOR DESIGN INSPIRATION: BOX BEAMS
FAUX BOX BEAMS are a great design solution to achieve the aesthetic you are after in customizable dimensions.
SOLID BEAMS are only available so long and so wide and you may be limited by availability. BOX BEAMS however allow you to customize widths, lengths and finish to your exacting specs. These designs provide plenty of inspiration including blackened beams. reSAWN offers a wide array of new and reclaimed woods that can be ordered as custom built box beams for your project.
20
Mar
TREEHOUSE FOR ALL AGES
Treehotel – located in Harads, near the Lule river in Sweden – offers a unique hotel experience: treerooms with contemporary design in the middle of unspoiled nature. Here you can forget about the time constraints of everyday life, enjoy the serenity, and rejuvenate in a sophisticated yet familiar environment.
Treehotel was inspired by the film ”The Tree Lover” by Jonas Selberg Augustsen. It’s a tale of three men from the city who want to go back to their roots by building a tree house together. “The Tree Lover” is a philosophic story about the significance of trees for us human beings.
The idea behind Treehotel is to offer high-standard accommodation in a harmonious place where daily stress melts away. Guests can relax and renew their energy while surrounded by unspoiled nature.
Together with some of Scandinavia’s leading architects, they created their uniquely designed “treerooms.” The rooms are suspended 4-6 meters above ground – all with spectacular views of the Lule River.
A very important part of the concept is to consider ecological values and make minimal environmental impact. For this reason they devoted considerable resources to finding sustainable construction and energy solutions.
03
Mar
03
Mar
introducing the EXPATS collections
EXPATS collection :: WIDE PLANK OAK FLOORING
The EXPATS collection from reSAWN TIMBER co. features wide plank white oak flooring & interior wall cladding that is prefinished and available in engineered construction. The engineered material comes standard at 5/8” thick with a substantial 4 mm wear layer, or 3/4” thick with a full 6 mm wear layer for a truly superior product. The 7” face width showcases the full character and grain pattern that european white oak has to offer. All designs are available as FSC ® upon request.
Image: AMITY – wide plank european oak flooring
02
Mar
ORIGINAL CUT WHITE OAK
Original cut is a way of cutting the log that incorporates plain sawn, rift sawn and quarter sawn grain patterns and all grades and character marks into the final product. This seemingly simple cut actually requires advanced knowledge and experience in the milling and drying process of wood to ensure that the harder heart wood does not become brittle and break apart through the drying or milling process. This is not a new method of cutting but rather a modern take on a historic theme. Early settler’s used this through-and-through method of sawing to quickly and efficiently produce flooring for their barns and homes. Original cut white oak flooring’s unique blend of character and grain pattern recaptures this historic aesthetic for modern settings.
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- Confection
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- Moonshine
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- Graze
22
Feb
CHARRED WOODEN SCULPTURES
Internationally renowned Italian sculptor Aron Demetz makes use of traditional woodcarving techniques to create sculptures that often convey his preoccupation with humanity’s relationship to nature. Rather than presenting polished and perfected works, Demetz revels in the wood’s textures and its transformation through various natural processes. The charred human sculptures evoke feelings of vulnerability – of both the wooden materials they are composed of and the human figures they represent. Demetz’s sculptures present mankind and nature as one, reflecting the fragility of both.
