FLOATING KARST Side Table
Carved by ancient waters, now floating in stillness.
A hovering stone where erosion becomes silence,
and impermanence, quiet permanence.
30 x 30 x H 45 cm — Bespoke Sizes, Shapes and Finishes
2018
Karst stone, Extraclear Polished RESIN, FELT hidden at the bottom.
Karst is a landscape born of water — shaped not by force, but by time. Over thousands of years, acidic rain filters through cracks in soluble rock, like the Dolomites’ ancient formations, dissolving the earth from within. The result is a hidden terrain of sinkholes, vanishing streams, and cavernous voids carved by turbulent, unseen flows.
From this quiet geological drama, alcarol has salvaged fragments of local karst stone, still marked by native mosses and lichens. Their textured surfaces — worn by water and layered with time — are encased in a transparent resin that mirrors the stillness of the very element that once sculpted them.
The Floating Karst Side Table is a metaphysical object, a section of land, weathered by movement, now suspended in stillness. A stone seemingly levitates above its base, as if time itself had paused mid-erosion. What was once fluid is now fixed; what was once impermanent becomes form. It is a fragment of the Earth held in balance, between presence and absence, matter and memory.
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