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    Israeli designer Hilla Shamia uniquely joins the materials of aluminum and wood in this Wood Casting series. Using a whole tree trunk, Shamia pours molten aluminum directly onto the wood, which burns the surface and darkens the wood. The wood gets cut up lengthwise and put into a mold to form the frame and legs of the piece.

    Furniture combining cast aluminium and wood. The negative factor of burnt wood is transformed into aesthetic and emotional ...
    Tags: table, wood
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    Furniture