Produced in local ash wood, the Fernwood table finds its identity through its curious leg detail. To form the legs, two ash planks are shaped and chamfered along each edge and then laminated with a slight stagger on one end. A steel bracket embedded between the planks allows the legs to bolt to the table top from below, which in turn has each of its corners cut in order to reveal the legs. Striving to achieve a visual lightness, while also celebrating the mass of the material used to produce it, the table aims to honor its material through a pragmatic and restrained approach to fabrication, with the leg and top dimensions being driven by common hardwood plank sizes in an effort to minimize waste.

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Photography by Guy Ferguson
Fabrication by Mark Rueten