Piece / projectA second life for a piece of Douglas fir
Timber from an old TV stand became a bench with a simple black-pipe base.
Furniture & tables • Personal project
A new life for old birch slats
Found birch slats became a curved, resin-filled tabletop. A small experiment in a cleaner, more modern shape.
Documented July 2020From the workshop
PART OF A LARGER COLLECTIONThe martini-table collection →
Start with what is there
A box of short birch slats suggested this tabletop. Arranging the slats into a changing profile made the edge part of the design.
Wood and negative space
Resin fills the area beside the slats, letting the outline remain visible. The archive photographs show the components, clamping, and tabletop detail.
Credits & project notes
Design and making: Michael Pytlowany.
The collection shows tabletop fabrication and detail, not an independently documented completed furniture handoff.
Sources
Mike's Functional Artistry project archive
29 July 2020
A closer look
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