Ausgebrannt Stools / By Kaspar Hamacher

Stool
Kaspar Hamacher, Belgium
Post By:Kitticoon Poopong

Photo © Courtesy of Kaspar Hamacher

Belgian designer Kaspar Hamacher has produced a series of low stools / tables made from tree trunks which have been formed by use of fire.

Photo © Courtesy of Kaspar Hamacher

Photo © Courtesy of Kaspar Hamacher

Photo © Courtesy of Kaspar Hamacher

Fittingly named ‘ausgebrannt’ which means ‘burned out’ in German, a tree trunk has been cut into segments varying in length. All the bark is stripped from the exterior and fire is then used to hollow out parts of the trunk to create legs.

Photo © Courtesy of Kaspar Hamacher

Photo © Courtesy of Kaspar Hamacher

Photo © Courtesy of Kaspar Hamacher

Photo © Courtesy of Kaspar Hamacher

Photo © Courtesy of Kaspar Hamacher

Photo © Courtesy of Kaspar Hamacher

Photo © Courtesy of Kaspar Hamacher

Photo © Courtesy of Kaspar Hamacher

Photo © Courtesy of Kaspar Hamacher

Photo © Courtesy of Kaspar Hamacher

Data
Name: Ausgebrannt Stools
Type: Stool
Materials Combination: Wood, Eco/Recycled/Green
Year: 2010

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Furniture Designer: Kaspar Hamacher, Belgium

Photographs: © Kaspar Hamacher

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