‘Can the same wood, from the same tree garner different kind of patterns and structures?’
asked Ward Wijnant. In the course of his practice, the Dutch designer has tried to extract sto-
ries from the raw material for his furniture pieces. With his newest project, christened Blend,
he has become a master storyteller: with a quarter sawing technique, woodgrains appear as
stripes; with a plain one, they look like flames. ‘By playing with the inlay work and grain direc-
tions, the wood shows a surprising new perspective,’ he explains.
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