Low Table from a Single Block of Stone: Furniture Made by Subtraction

A low table carved from a single block of natural stone, with a slightly irregular square shape, 900mm long and 320mm high. The top surface is polished, flat and smooth, revealing the complete mineral veins of the stone; the other four sides and the bottom completely retain the fractured surfaces from when the raw stone was quarried, rough, irregularly angled, and darker in color. Thus, the same stone block exhibits two distinctly different textures, with a sharp line at their intersection. The stone is a dark gray variety with white veins. Dark background, strong light from a single direction to simultaneously highlight the颗粒 of the rough surface and the reflection of the polished surface. Avoid: all four sides polished, regular geometric shape, artificial stone or cement imitation, adding metal legs.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一張矮桌由單一塊天然石材雕鑿而成,外形是一個略帶不規則的方塊,長 900mm、高 320mm。頂面是拋光的,平整光滑,看得見石材完整的礦脈;其餘四面與底部完全保留原石開採時的斷裂面,粗糙、稜角不規則、顏色較深。因此同一塊石頭上有兩種截然不同的質地,交界處是一條銳利的線。石材是深灰帶白脈的品項。深色背景,單一方向的強光讓粗面的顆粒與拋光面的反射同時成立。避免:四面都拋光、外形做成規則的幾何、使用人造石或水泥仿製、加入金屬腳。