Mono
W 38cm x D 38cm x H 44cm
A tactile heavyweight block seat or side table
Mono \ adjective \ mon-oh:
A combining form meaning ‘alone’, ‘single’ or ‘one’
Debossed circles
Provide visual counterpoint to the busy surface texture as well as a functional way of gripping the heavy piece to move it around
Carved texture
Repeating dimples carved into the solid sycamore wood cover the majority of four sides of the block
Simple form
A solid cube poised on a short cylindrical foot, the simple form is elevated through texturing and shaping
Mono is a solid cubic block of English sycamore wood stack-laminated from offcuts of surplus timber from other commissioned pieces. The smooth circular depressions on opposing sides provide clean geometric relief from the intensity of the carved pattern texture of the vertical faces and also serve as practical handles by which the weighty piece can more easily be lifted and moved. Equally useful as an occasional stool to perch on or a handy low table, the stablity, mass and volume of the piece give it real presence.
The silky pale sycamore is finished with a combination of white oils and waxes to diminish the timber’s naturally creamier tones and yield a more monochrome appearance without entirely masking the natural beauty of the wood grain.