22/09/2021
Indonesian petrified dipterocarpus wood coffee table and accessories. Over a period of approximately 20 million years, fallen trees are covered in volcanic ash and turn into stone. Slowly, the minerals present in the ash seep into the wood through water and replace the flesh of the tree. Cutting, shaping, and then polishing the petrified wood after unearthing it can reveal brilliant colors based on the minerals present in the environment. Judging the color and texture of this table, it looks to be a combination of a quartz and chalcedony fossil, with iron, copper, chromium, and carbon minerals combining to make the blue, brown, black, and white color patterns you see. Steel legs, 154cm x 66cm x 5cm, 110kg. Fish: 45cm x 10cm x 16cm, 6.5kg. Bowl: 31cm x 28cm x 4cm.