Travertine: Unfilled Pores

A close-up of a travertine furniture piece or wall. The stone's color is warm beige and light brown, with horizontal layering; the surface is covered with naturally formed pores, ranging in size from a grain of rice to a fingernail, and intentionally left unfilled, allowing the depth and internal shadows of the pores to be seen. The surface is matte or lightly polished, not high-gloss, with a dry feel. The stone is cut into thick blocks—a solid coffee table, a section of a covered wall, or a countertop, with right-angle or large rounded edges. Paired with slender chrome-plated metal and ochre velvet. Light strikes the surface at a grazing angle, making the shadows in the pores most distinct.
Avoid: filling the pores to create a smooth surface, using high-gloss polishing, cutting the stone thin like a veneer, using cool gray-toned stone.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一件洞石家具或牆面的近景。石材的顏色是溫暖的米黃與淺褐,帶著水平方向的層理;表面佈滿天然形成的孔洞,大小從米粒到指甲不等,而且刻意不做填補,因此可以看見孔洞的深度與內部的陰影。表面採用霧面或輕微的拋光,不做高亮處理,觸感偏乾。石材被切割成厚實的塊體——一張整塊的矮几、一段包覆的牆面、或一個檯面,邊緣是直角或大圓角。搭配鍍鉻的細金屬與赭色的絨布。光線以掠射角度打在表面,讓孔洞的陰影最清楚。避免:把孔洞填平做成光滑表面、使用高光拋光、把石材切得薄如貼片、使用冷灰色調的石材。