Ombré
W 102 cm x D 38cm x H 42cm
A tactile-surfaced bench
Ombré \ adjective \ ˈɒm.brei:
Having different shades of colour, gradually going from light to dark
Simple mitred arch
Sturdy, thick, solid rippled sycamore wood with deep bevels to present a fine, lightweight edge profile
Ombré scorched
Graded scorched caramel tones fade up from the feet on both external textured and internal smooth faces
Graduated textural scales
A smooth, pale seating area slowly changes to orange peel dimples, through larger depressions to deep chip-carved textures
Adopting a hybrid craft approach to the making of the piece, the carved texture is cut using a hand-held rotary tool, enabling an efficiency of production that is hard to match with traditional handtool techniques. However, the all-important human judgment in the arrangement of the dimples - their packing and placement - governs the overall look and feel of the pattern. Even when employing powered tools, the process is nevertheless a slow, repetitive, mindful one, a continual balance between order and disorder, between geometric precision and randomness.