Wood: A Table Is a Tree

A table made from a single piece of wood. The tabletop is composed of planks cut from the same section of a single tree, so the grain of adjacent boards is continuous and their color consistent, showing that they were originally connected; the joints are fine and precise. The wood retains natural knots, fine cracks, and color variations from the sapwood, with larger cracks fixed by embedded butterfly keys, whose wood color is slightly darker. The surface is treated only with wood wax oil, presenting a semi-matte, warm luster. The leg joints are expressed by exposed tenons. The tabletop shows slight signs of use and a water ring. Next to it are a handmade ceramic cup and a stack of books. Avoid: using veneer and engineered wood, filling knots and cracks, using high-gloss lacquer finishes, having discontinuous grain in adjacent boards.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一張由單一木料製作的桌子。桌面是從一棵樹的同一段剖出的木板拼接而成,因此相鄰板材的紋理連續、色澤一致,可以看出它們原本是相連的;拼接的縫細而精確。木料保留了天然的節疤、細裂與邊材的顏色差異,較大的裂縫以蝴蝶榫嵌入固定,榫片的木色略深。表面只上木蠟油,呈現半霧的溫潤光澤。桌腳的接合以外露的榫頭表現做法。桌面上有輕微的使用痕跡與一圈水漬。旁邊放著一只手作陶杯與一疊書。避免:使用貼皮與集成材、填平節疤與裂紋、使用高光的漆面、讓相鄰板材的紋理不連續。