PEATLAND Bench
From earth to height and back again: ancient peat-preserved oak ascends, meets the hidden corner junction, and returns as a timeless bench of bridging time.
DIMENSIONS
75 x 35 x H 49 cm — Bespoke Sizes, Shapes and Finishes
75 x 35 x H 49 cm — Bespoke Sizes, Shapes and Finishes
YEAR OF PRESENTATION
2017 — Rossana Orlandi, Milan
2017 — Rossana Orlandi, Milan
MATERIALS
Peat Oak Wood 5th century b.C ( radiocarbon dating) , Extraclear Resin.
Peat Oak Wood 5th century b.C ( radiocarbon dating) , Extraclear Resin.
Resin crystallizes the organic parts without covering the section planes, finely sealed with a matte finish that preserves the natural wood touch.
Alcarol has recovered extraordinary black oak trunks preserved in a remote Alpine peatland, aged through centuries beneath acidic, oxygen-poor water and sediment. This peat environment prevented normal decay, while iron salts and minerals reacted with the wood’s tannins, darkening it and increasing its hardness. Each trunk tells a story of deep time and silent transformation.
In the Peatland Bench, the wood ascends from its earthly origin, stretches outward as seating surface, and then symbolically returns toward the ground, completing a loop of time and matter. The structure is bound by an invisible angular junction, precise and concealed, reinforcing the notion of continuity and seamless transition—a bench where joinery disappears and the material flows freely.
The natural live edges remain intact, their erosion-carved contours preserved to remind the viewer of a wood shaped by water, sediment and centuries. Transparent cast elements evoke the still waters that once enveloped the tree, yet allow the hand to touch the warm, living surface of ancient oak.
This is not just a bench—it is a bridge across epochs, where nature’s rhythm of ascending and returning is honoured in form and function. A seat that invites presence and reflection, rooted in the land, shaped by time, and crafted without visible seams.
In the Peatland Bench, the wood ascends from its earthly origin, stretches outward as seating surface, and then symbolically returns toward the ground, completing a loop of time and matter. The structure is bound by an invisible angular junction, precise and concealed, reinforcing the notion of continuity and seamless transition—a bench where joinery disappears and the material flows freely.
The natural live edges remain intact, their erosion-carved contours preserved to remind the viewer of a wood shaped by water, sediment and centuries. Transparent cast elements evoke the still waters that once enveloped the tree, yet allow the hand to touch the warm, living surface of ancient oak.
This is not just a bench—it is a bridge across epochs, where nature’s rhythm of ascending and returning is honoured in form and function. A seat that invites presence and reflection, rooted in the land, shaped by time, and crafted without visible seams.
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