Series / groupA pair of opposites
Twin yin-yang martini tables in birch and resin. Two side tables designed to belong together.
Furniture & tables • Custom furniture
Natural cottonwood edges frame a dark resin river with exceptional visual clarity and a reflective finished surface.
I could have squared off the cottonwood before the pour, but that would have removed the part I liked. I kept the uneven edges and poured the resin between them, so the wood set the path of the river.
I tinted the epoxy dark, but it still cured clear instead of cloudy. After the top was sanded and oiled, the outdoor photos picked up a lot of reflection in both the resin and the wood.
I made and finished the tabletop. Motor City Slabs supplied the cottonwood, and Hudson Industrial was credited in the original post for the planned custom legs. The photos here show the top before those legs were added.
I made and finished the tabletop using cottonwood, dark-tinted epoxy, and an oil finish. I kept the natural edges because they gave the river a better path than a straight cut would have. The resin cured dark but clear, which is why the outdoor photos show so much depth and reflection. Motor City Slabs supplied the wood, and Hudson Industrial was credited for the planned custom legs. The photos here stop before those legs were added.
Tabletop fabrication and finish: Michael Pytlowany. Lumber: Motor City Slabs. Planned custom legs: Hudson Industrial.
Photographs document the finished tabletop before the planned custom legs. No later assembly is implied.
Mike's Functional Artistry project archive
10 November 2020
Michael Pytlowany, project details supplied for this portfolio
8 September 2026