Idea by
Ulrika Karlsson, Cecilia Lundbäck, Veronica Skeppe, Daniel Garnbeck
Brrum & Garnbecks möbelsnickeri
Call for ideas 2021
Storm Timber
Storm Timber
- Site-specific cases
This project is a result of a natural catastrophe as starting point for a process of making and mending and proposes a method for on-site caretaking of storm timber. The table, stools and benches made on the island Särsö are all made from oak and pine trees that fell in the storm and now provide public furniture for the island.
After the storm piles of timber were gathered, a simple saw was raised and trunks were cut to planks on the same cliff they fell. Local raw material was machined, designed and put together on site; then placed, used and allowed to age in the same place it grew. The design meant making small incisions and cuts in the rough unbarked wood, to piece it together and give character and lightness to the thickness. The legs borrow silhouettes from local wooden house ornaments and end grain is painted white for the wood to dry slower and as reference to the white painted house corners and details.
Storm Timber
Storm Timber
- Site-specific cases
This project is a result of a natural catastrophe as starting point for a process of making and mending and proposes a method for on-site caretaking of storm timber. The table, stools and benches made on the island Särsö are all made from oak and pine trees that fell in the storm and now provide public furniture for the island.
After the storm piles of timber were gathered, a simple saw was raised and trunks were cut to planks on the same cliff they fell. Local raw material was machined, designed and put together on site; then placed, used and allowed to age in the same place it grew. The design meant making small incisions and cuts in the rough unbarked wood, to piece it together and give character and lightness to the thickness. The legs borrow silhouettes from local wooden house ornaments and end grain is painted white for the wood to dry slower and as reference to the white painted house corners and details.