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| Tyndall Table |
This coffee table by Winnipeg-based designer Thom Fougere based on the topography of Canadian prairies, has a relatively smooth top made of Tyndall stone which is 3.8cm thick and weighs 150lbs, (127 X 56). The relatively smooth planed stone appears to float upon its thin supporting steel structure.
The stone is left unfinished to let the substances and casual wear slowly degrade exposing fossil fragments and revealing layers of stories embedded within the material. Over time the accumulation of puddled water marks, a splash of wine and scribbles of past dreams will meld into the material's already varied past – creating a nostalgic condition.
Tyndall stone is commonplace amongst the Canadian prairies, and is an historic building material embodying a certain vernacular of prairie architecture and building practices.
He describes the coffee table as “the nucleus of a living space; the central object around which dwelling patterns revolve: living, drinking, eating, loving, making, sleeping.”
photo © mark reimer
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