Live-Edge Wood Slabs: Retaining the Tree's Silhouette

A long table made from a single slab of raw wood. The tabletop is a full piece of timber longitudinally cut from a large tree, with a thickness of eight centimeters; the two long sides have not been sawn straight, but retain the tree's original outer edge shape, with natural undulations and irregularities. The sapwood under the bark is lighter in color, forming a gradient with the heartwood. The wood slab has natural knots, cracks, and wormholes; larger cracks are secured with dark wooden butterfly keys embedded horizontally. The surface is only treated with wood wax oil, presenting a warm, semi-matte luster, clearly showing the direction of the annual rings. The supports are simple black iron or raw wood blocks. Avoid: sawing the two sides into straight edges, filling cracks and knots, using a high-gloss finish, making the tabletop thin and flat.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一張以整塊原木板製成的長桌。桌面是從一棵大樹縱剖下來的整片木材,厚度達八公分;兩側的長邊沒有被鋸直,而是保留樹木原本的外緣形狀,邊緣呈現自然的起伏與凹凸,樹皮下的邊材顏色較淺,與心材形成漸層。木板上有天然的樹節、裂紋與蟲道,較大的裂縫以蝴蝶榫的深色木片橫向嵌入固定。表面只上木蠟油,呈現溫潤的半霧光澤,可以清楚看見年輪的走向。支撐是簡潔的黑鐵或原木塊。避免:把兩側鋸成筆直的邊、填平裂紋與樹節、使用高光的漆面、把桌面做得薄而平整。