The Modelage Side Table

emerges like a micro-landscape,

recalling a childhood shore

where tidal pools stayed warm

in the hollows of stone.

It preserves that intimate movement,

between water and earth,

like a geological cross-section.

 

Its layered materials - 

oak, glass, and straw marquetry,

are pierced by a free, open cut.

Nothing here is symmetrical:

the surface resists

the idea of a perfect center,

inviting the body instead

to follow its shifting lines.

 

Contour, flow, material:

the Modelage is conceived

for those who place things gently.

It carries the sound

of a hand tracing clay,

and the scent of sea-salt

lingering on stone.