The expression of the table is a reciprocity between construction, processing and the degradation processes of nature, which constitute a sensuous design partner.
The bog oak beam is a part from an old shipwreck. The beam, the joist, together with the eight continuous oak rods constitute the core of the table's construction. The eight continuous oak rods are burned with the Japanese Shou Sugi Ban technique.
The simple construction principle of the table is based on a minimal material consumption. The table can in principle be made by using only manual tools and natural resources; twist drill, saw, knife, bone glue and wood. Joist, leg / table top supports as well as table top can all be made of any suitable material.
Edition: Unique object 2014-2021
Material / dimensions: Bog oak log 150x21x21 cm, approx. 30 kg, eight rods of oak Ø32 mm, leather, table top in grey glass 225x70x1.2 cm
Exhibited: Marianne Weiss Goldsmiths, Hellerup @marianneweiss
Provenance: Erdkehlgraven in 2016, Holmen, Copenhagen
Production: Processed by Finn Andersen + Own workshop in Burmeistersgade
Photo: Per Schandorff
The spiral mute server is intended as an exclusive sculptural mute server. The mute server consists of an upright solid high-polished steel pole positioned on a circular foot. The foot is bend as a spiral (Fibonacci spiral) and continues in a vertically upwards movement - as the core of the stand. At the top, nine thinner steel bars (arms) are placed perpendicular to the core of the bar, in a spiral pattern, the arms are finished by balls of bog oak and new oak - on which the clothes can hang.
The repetitive Fibonacci-inspired theme associates with the universal patterns that recur throughout the growth and formations of nature. In this way, the mute servant, as an ordinary functional everyday object, is a silent sculptural informant attached to a universal existential context.
Edition: 1st edition 2020
Material / dimensions: Solid steel Ø25 mm, q196 cm high, nine ‘arms’ of steel Ø8 mm, nine balls of bog oak and oak
Exhibited: Christiania Museum of Art, Christiania September 2020
Provenance: Bog oak, Erdkehlgraven on Holmen, Copenhagen 2018
Production: The steel pole is bent by Emil Nielsen Smedeværksted A/S, Gentofte
Oak balls lathed by Peter Jacobsen, Christiania automobilclub workshop + own workshop in Burmeistersgade
Photo: Jan Türck Kallesen
The Japanese bed is custom-made according to a customer's desire for a sculptural piece of furniture that can also function as a bed. The bed is made of mitered pine beams and bolted together with threaded rods of stainless steel.
The bed frame has an angled beam as a headboard. The frame itself 'floats' on the floor - raised by invisible continuous rails. The entire frame is burnt black with the Japanese Shou Sugi Ban technique and subsequently treated with linseed oil beeswax.
The bed frame can be made in the dimensions for any existing mattress and/or bed base.
Edition: Reproducible furniture
Material / dimensions: Pine beam 20x20 cm, iron, stainless steel bolts, bed frame outer dimensions 240x200 cm the inner dimensions 200x160 cm
Provenance: Tissø Savværk, Tissø
Production: Westseeland Working Workshop @VAK
Photo: Per Schandorff
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The ⅞ cube table is made by assembling seven cubes of equal size. The omission of the last cube leaves the cube unfinished with a geometric imperfection. The cube stands best on the wooden end faces.
The cube is constructed of fresh fir wood. The surface of the cube has been burned with the Japanese Shou Sugi Ban technique and treated with oil of linseed and beeswax. It appears silky matt.
Edition: Reproducible object 2020
Material / dimensions: 7 pieces of fir wood cubes 18x18x18 cm
Exhibited: Christiania Museum of Art, Christiania September 2020
Provenance: Tissø Sawmill, Tissø
Production: Westseeland Working Workshop @VAK, own workshop in Burmeistersgade
Photo: Jan Türck Kallesen
The Shipwreck bench is constructed on the basis of a bog oak plank. The plank has clear traces that show its original function as part of a ship construction. The four polished brass legs are mounted directly in the solid plank. The legs are finished with feet of core leather. The contrast, between the massive plank in bog oak with its silky soft surface and the four strong brass legs, leaves an exceptionally stable, almost delicate, rustic furniture object.
Edition: Unique object
Material / dimensions: Bog oak 290x40x40 cm, 25 kg, four Ø32 brass pipes, leather
Exhibited: Christiania Museum of Art, Christiania September 2020
Provenance: Erdkehlgraven at Holmen, Copenhagen 2016
Production: Own workshop in Burmeistersgade
Photo: Jan Türck Kallesen
The spiral mute server is a combination of a solid high-polished steel base and a pole of heartwood oak. The base of the pole is a circle that bend as a spiral (Fibonacci spiral), which continues into the oak pole – raising vertically up as the core of the stand. At the top, nine thinner carbon fibre (arms) are placed perpendicular to the core bar, in a spiral pattern, the arms are finished by balls of bog oak and new oak - on which the clothes can hang.
The repetitive Fibonacci-inspired theme associates with the universal patterns that recur throughout the growth and formations of nature. In this way, the mute servant, as an ordinary functional everyday object, is a silent sculptural informant attached to a universal existential context.
Edition: 1st edition 2020
Material / dimensions: Solid steel Ø25 mm and oak pole Ø25 mm, 196 cm high, nine ‘arms’ of carbon fibre Ø8 mm, nine balls of bog oak and oak
Exhibited: Christiania Museum of Art, Christiania September 2020
Provenance: Bog oak, Erdkehlgraven on Holmen, Copenhagen 2018
Production: The steel pole is bent by Emil Nielsen Smedeværksted A/S, Gentofte
Oak balls lathed by Peter Jacobsen + own workshop in Burmeistersgade
Photo: Jan Türck Kallesen
The stool has traces of its former function - probably as part of a bulwark. The support legs are made of old polished brass pipes with marks of wear.
The wooden block has been found floating in the harbour at Trekroner fortification, and has been processed with: drying, cleaning, sanding with a sanding fan and wet polishing in linseed oil. The surface is glossy and silky smooth.
Edition: Unique object 2014
Material / dimensions: Pomeranian piner h45xb33x33 cm, brass pipe ø32 mm, leather
Exhibited: Marianne Weiss Goldsmiths, Strandvejen, Hellerup, @marianneweiss
Provenance: Trekroner bulwark, Copenhagen 2013 Production: Workshopcommunity PB43 Prags 2014
Photo: @brianengblad
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The name Line Table arose as a determination to categorically minimizing consumption of materials. The Line Table is constructed with a ceaseless joist, in which there are eight continuous carbon fiber rods, which at the same time form the table's legs and support the table top. The rods are terminated at both ends with identical set screws, lathed in EPDM rubber, on which the glass plate rests without further fastening.
The Line Table's minimalist construction is a further elaboration of an early table construction, based on an intention to create a simple and highly constructive system with rich possibilities of compositional and material variation.
Edition: 1st prototype, under development 2020
Material / dimensions: Smoked oak plank 200x17x3 cm, eight carbon fiber rods Ø16 mm
EPDM rubber set screws, armoured grayiss glass (table top 280x70x1.2 cm)
Exhibited: Christiania Museum of Art, Christiania September 2020
Production: Joiner Toke Overgård - Bolchefabrikken + own workshop in Burmeistersgade
Photo: Jan Türck Kallesen
Prototype - under development
The body of the side table consists of a piece of eroded pine. This wood piece is one part of a larger block, which due to decay was divided into two parts during the move - out of it came two tables!
On the underside of the table are marked traces of erosion and decomposing processes. After years of drying, the table has been sanded and polished with a sanding fan and saturated with linseed oil. A process that restores and preserves the still healthy properties of the wood. The 23 legs of the side table are added to the body in a dynamic even pattern, leaving the side table with an expression that can be associated with an animal in motion.
Material / dimensions: Pomeranian pine l72xh45xb46 cm, 23 rods of oak ø12mm
Edition: Unique object #1
Exhibited: Pavillon no 11 2015
Provenance: Dæmningssøen at the bridge to Refshaleøen, Copenhagen 2013
Production: Danish Art Workshop @smk
Photo: @brianengblad
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