MORPHEUS BUFFET
$7,500
Raw, unpolished practicality.
There’s movement in the sturdiness, a wave of meaning in each groove. Hand-carved and shaped from century-old timber, it’s a buffet that borders on sculptural – no two are the same.
Timber, harvested from a 75-year-old log, runs through a 1950s saw machine – built from a repurposed truck engine – and is cut into planks. Lined up in the kiln, they are cooked continuously for seven days to reduce the moisture content, then cooled for another two. Now they’re assembled into boards, before being manually carved by a skilled artisan. He uses a traditional chisel to repeatedly form the depth and flow of the pattern, sanding along the way, over the course of eight weeks. Once the shape is achieved, the board is sanded back to expose the grain and stained – a process replicated four times to ensure it’s fully absorbed into the timber’s grain. A final seal is applied to lock in the colour. From start to finish, a work of 12 weeks and countless hands, carefully crafted before being shipped to your space. Where the next chapter begins.
