RAPOLANO Stools
A fragment of ancient Earth, carved by water, revealing a buried world where erosion speaks in the silent language of form.
DIMENSIONS
30 x 30 x H 45 cm — Bespoke Sizes, Shapes and Finishes
30 x 30 x H 45 cm — Bespoke Sizes, Shapes and Finishes
YEAR OF PRESENTATION
2018 — Atelier Bespoke, Milan
2018 — Atelier Bespoke, Milan
MATERIALS
Rapolano’s TRAVERTINE, Extraclear Polished RESIN, FELT hidden at the bottom.
Rapolano’s TRAVERTINE, Extraclear Polished RESIN, FELT hidden at the bottom.
Resin crystallizes the organic parts without covering the section planes, finely sealed with a matte finish that preserves the natural stone touch.
Beneath the hills of Siena, Rapolano has long been a land of flowing thermal waters and ancient stone. For millennia, underground springs have carved their way through the earth, sculpting caverns and chambers within layers of mineral-rich travertine — a rock used by the Etruscans, cherished by the Romans.
Formed by the slow precipitation of minerals in subterranean waters, Rapolano Travertine reveals a fibrous, concentric texture, shifting in tone from ivory to rust — a geological tapestry shaped by time.
In collaboration with Vaselli, alcarol has retrieved fragments of this eroded stone, preserving their natural voids in a crystal-clear resin that echoes the thermal waters once coursing through them. But here, the flow is stilled.
The Rapolano Stools are vertical cross-sections of the Earth’s crust — miniature underground landscapes frozen in time. What was once hidden in the depths now rises to the surface: a fragment of territory carved by water, suspended in silence, where the past is made visible, and the impermanent becomes eternal.
Formed by the slow precipitation of minerals in subterranean waters, Rapolano Travertine reveals a fibrous, concentric texture, shifting in tone from ivory to rust — a geological tapestry shaped by time.
In collaboration with Vaselli, alcarol has retrieved fragments of this eroded stone, preserving their natural voids in a crystal-clear resin that echoes the thermal waters once coursing through them. But here, the flow is stilled.
The Rapolano Stools are vertical cross-sections of the Earth’s crust — miniature underground landscapes frozen in time. What was once hidden in the depths now rises to the surface: a fragment of territory carved by water, suspended in silence, where the past is made visible, and the impermanent becomes eternal.
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