UC168
batch of cracked spanish ash boards
220x100x75 cm
Year built
2026
Function
Dining Table
Status
No longer available
Spanish ash has an extraordinary grain. The problem is that the log tends to crack during the drying process before it can be sawn into planks — which often makes it a material discarded by mass production. With individual attention to each piece, that crack stops being a defect and becomes a mark of character.
A leading interior design studio in the Marbella area came with a fairly defined brief: rectangular dining table, specific dimensions, clean contemporary aesthetic. Our contribution started in the workshop, selecting these two twin ash planks — an extraordinary grain and some scars we knew we could turn to our advantage. The brief was theirs. The material, ours.
The two planks have been laid facing each other like the pages of an open book, so the grain unfolds continuous and symmetrical across the entire 220 × 100 cm surface. The edge of the top has been left in its natural state, just as it came from the log. The base consists of two rectangular cubes with gently rounded edges — two details that in such a contained format make the difference between cold and subtle, and definitively distance the piece from any catalogue look.
A matte smoked finish evens out the colour variation between sapwood and heartwood, and leaves the piece refined.
The table is demountable — not because it was asked for, but because it is the right way to build something meant to last a lifetime and survive more than one move.
