Marcin Rusak Tephra Credenza

Drawing its name from the geological term indicating the petrified fragments spat from volcanoes, the objects from the Tephra collection are built using specially treated flowers mounted on sculptural forms made of metal and jute, metallised using a thermo-coating technique that covers the dense textures in a paper-thin layer of molten metal, resulting in an almost Pompeiian effect of silhouettes covered in volcanic debris. The Tephra Credenza, composed of intersecting aluminium planes, supports jute mounted on a hand-welded steel frame, overgrown with hand-picked plants. Covered with a thin layer of molten zinc, preserving their eternal blossom. Thus, an unfamiliar form is born between the sublime fragility of the flowers and the rigidity of the industrial process.