Italian designer Francesco Faccin’s Bronzification collection features a console and table made from panels of bronze with the texture and appearance of wooden planks.
The furniture was produced using Faccin’s Serial Planks process, which sees pieces of wood turned into silicon moulds for use in lost-wax casting.
A 150 centimetre by 7 centimetre larch wood plank is treated to emphasise its grain before being hand-coated in soft silicone on one side. Once the silicone sets, the same process is repeated to copy the other side.
Together, the two pieces create a mould that is filled with wax to create a replica plank. A number of these wax pieces are set into a clay-like casing before being placed in a kiln that melts the wax, creating another mould into which the molten bronze can be poured.
“This method guarantees the most detailed and refined surface textures,” Faccin told Dezeen. “The oldest known examples of this technique are objects discovered in Israel, which belong to a period between 4500–3500 BC.”
Once cooled, the casing is hammered away and the bronze is polished, creating planks of metal that mimic the wood’s shape and grain.
These planks form each piece of the furniture, welded together to form a circular tabletop and also turned into supporting legs.
The console features a single piece as a tabletop, and an A-shaped support formed by two converging panels.
The low table has a round top made from multiple planks, and its surfaces were treated with chemicals and heat to develop a patina, turning them pale blue, while the edges were polished.
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