Wood Casting by Hilla Shamia
Hilla Shamia has designed furniture that combines cast aluminium and wood.
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Description from the designer:
The negative factor of burnt wood is transformed into aesthetic and emotional value. Preservation of the natural form of the tree trunk within the explicit boundaries. The general,squared form intensifies the artificial feeling, and in the same time keeps the memory of the material.
Visit Hilla Shamia’s website – here.
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J. Boehner on 16 Apr 2012 at 6:47 am #
STUNNING!
shane on 16 Apr 2012 at 10:27 am #
hm, interesting. Very similar to what MTH is doing with resin. What happens when the wood expands/contracts?
MyDS on 16 Apr 2012 at 12:50 pm #
Respect!
Sean on 16 Apr 2012 at 8:32 pm #
While I am not sure this is entirely practical in the long run(don’t get me wrong, I am no expert in the area of physics e.g. expansion/contraction, nor biology(how the wood fibers behave at the connection with the firey-hot aluminum); will this hold together after a month?, but this certainly is quite stunning.
doroodgar on 16 Apr 2012 at 9:24 pm #
so niceeeeee
tylermckenzie on 17 Apr 2012 at 9:03 am #
@shane I’d also have a major concern with the wood movement on these. We see it a lot here, designers not understanding wood’s properties. They design an object to beautiful now, but not in 5 years.
Olgi on 17 Apr 2012 at 9:34 am #
I never see better design ever.
I’m absolutely in loved in this artworks.
I hope I will have one… once
Beautifulbeautifulbeautiful!
Justin P on 18 Apr 2012 at 9:01 am #
Really fantastic work! I also question the longevity of the wood, but if there was some way to remedy this I would love purchase one in a heartbeat.
Eva on 19 Apr 2012 at 7:02 am #
Wow! So nice, respect ambient
John on 23 Apr 2012 at 8:15 pm #
Awesome design, awesome coupling of such oposite materials. No worries about wood or metal, or both staying together. There are channels of metal bridging sides in some designs.
Just so pretty! Love it.
Chúcara on 23 Apr 2012 at 10:09 pm #
So beautiful !!, thanks for share.
Yvette on 26 Apr 2012 at 11:07 am #
Pretty!!!
ian on 27 Apr 2012 at 1:27 pm #
Renzo Piano used cast aluminium and wood on a restoration project many years ago. Great combination of materials. V