The wake collection evolved out of an interest in the contextual qualities of small wood waste. The collection offers a debate on the interrelation between the material (wood), its natural origin and its end of life as waste. The collection contains a chair, two stools and a small table. It won two awards in the Furniture Design Awards (FDA) in Singapore: grand prize and best use of material ( 2012 ). With the years of working with wood waste, it became clear to me that there is a gap in the discussion of wood, as a material and the original tree. The project aims to debate the loss of the trees (chopped down to generate wood). The Christian ceremony called " Wake" in which the relatives sit with the body of a loved one for several days, in the process of parting with himher. The ceremony gave the contextual background for the work. On the technical level the project called for specific tools such as an hydraulic two axles press and a special matrix to enable the gluing.

Commissioned: Self initiated
Materials: Reclaimed wood from small industries, press, sculpted with hand tools.
2011-2013