Phellem Dining Table

Phellem is the outermost layer of tree bark, a living skin that protects, adapts and records the identity of each species. This collection celebrates its extraordinary biodiversity, unveiling a spectrum of colours and textures that would otherwise remain hidden.
When bark is wounded, the tree releases a complex liquid that hardens into a natural resin, sealing the surface and defending the vital layers beneath. In the same spirit, alcarol preserves each bark with a bio-based transparent resin, echoing this ancient self-defence and freezing every botanical detail as it appears in its natural habitat.
The Phellem Dining Table becomes a contemporary inlay of different species, an encrypted pattern — a secret code of forest biodiversity. Each fragment of bark, with its unique textures and tones, speaks of habitat, evolution and time, just as ancient wood inlay once sought variety to expand expressive power. Here, the organic mosaic becomes a map of ecosystems, not decoration.
Below, the metal legs cross and diverge like enduring roots, grounding and supporting the structure as if upholding a living canopy. Root and crown, earth and gesture: the table stands as a small forest in equilibrium, where bark, resin, wood and steel coexist in a single, shared breath.
It is more than a dining table — it is a fragment of biodiversity entrusted to the present, a place of encounter that carries and preserves the silent memory of the woods.