Utopia Project - Coffee table - Wood, Stone - Wabi-sabi coffee table
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Contemporary French table basse-sculpture designed by Utopia Project, titled Table basse wabi-sabi, with a black burned oak top and stone supports, single object, 120 × 43 × 35 cm, weight 10 kg, in like‑new, unused condition, origin France.
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Balance of the Shores
A oak tabletop worked like a woman's corset, thanks to the large-format butterfly joints that bind the two halves of the top. This deep, intense black is achieved by fire, an ancient Japanese technique called shou sugi ban. Two enormous river stones, polished by the years, and a comforting roundness support the tabletop, like a sculpture. This coffee table-sculpture explores the fragile balance between vegetal and mineral matter: the burnt, nerve-wrenching oak, carved, meeting the polished stone, immobile, ancestral. The whole forms a calm tension, a gesture where the structure seems to breathe between compression and release. Balance of the Shores sits at the boundary between furniture and sculpture, inviting the eye to follow this point of balance where the wood becomes architecture and the stone becomes a silent partner.
Seller's Story
Craftsman, artist, sculptor, and enthusiast, I offer you a selection of antique objects (renovated), original furniture creations, and art pieces of my own making. I craft these pieces in my workshop in the wild Ardèche. I manufacture them according to the rules of the craft, using hand tools as much as possible. I also create bespoke furniture.
Translated by Google TranslateBalance of the Shores
A oak tabletop worked like a woman's corset, thanks to the large-format butterfly joints that bind the two halves of the top. This deep, intense black is achieved by fire, an ancient Japanese technique called shou sugi ban. Two enormous river stones, polished by the years, and a comforting roundness support the tabletop, like a sculpture. This coffee table-sculpture explores the fragile balance between vegetal and mineral matter: the burnt, nerve-wrenching oak, carved, meeting the polished stone, immobile, ancestral. The whole forms a calm tension, a gesture where the structure seems to breathe between compression and release. Balance of the Shores sits at the boundary between furniture and sculpture, inviting the eye to follow this point of balance where the wood becomes architecture and the stone becomes a silent partner.
Seller's Story
Craftsman, artist, sculptor, and enthusiast, I offer you a selection of antique objects (renovated), original furniture creations, and art pieces of my own making. I craft these pieces in my workshop in the wild Ardèche. I manufacture them according to the rules of the craft, using hand tools as much as possible. I also create bespoke furniture.
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Era
After 2000
Weight
10 kg
Title additional information
Wabi-sabi coffee table
Number of objects
1
Country of origin
France
Designer/artist/maker
Utopia Project
Material
Stone, Wood
Style
Contemporary
Colour
Black, Grey
Condition
As new - unused
Height
43 cm
Width
120 cm
Depth
35 cm
Estimated period
2026
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