Hilla Shamia, a product designer in Israel, developed an amazing technique for combining the natural and the synthetic. She places blocks of wood inside molds, then pours in molten aluminum. The liquefied metal flows smoothly into every crack, filling it and providing support when it cools. You can see more pictures of her work at Colossal.
Now that I really like. I'd worry a bit about the charred wood not being very stong and rather prone to rubbing off on clothes, but I think I'd put ujp with it 'cos of how they look.
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They're gorgeous! Definitely something a terminator would decorate his den with.
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I love it but anything with legs that are not inset from the upper surface tend to make for toe injuries.
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