Discover a slatted base shaped from solid mango wood
The base is what makes this table. Rather than turning a curve from a single block, the maker builds it from individually arranged pieces of solid mango wood, each cut and set so the assembled run describes a rounded, curving shape. Seen from a low chair, the slatted wood base catches light along every edge and throws fine shadows, giving a piece of this scale real depth. Above it sits a calm 120 x 60 cm top, and the contrast between the busy structure and the plain surface is the whole design.
Solid mango wood is a good match for that technique. It grows quickly, is harvested from trees that have finished fruiting, and cuts cleanly with a dense, interlocked grain that holds a crisp edge on narrow components. Its colour runs from honey through to darker streaks within a single board, so the natural finish used here leaves plenty of variation on show. No two tables will read quite the same, which is a fair trade for a material with this much life still in it.