TENSION — Striated shard

Original sculpture – fig wood

A transformed material, frozen in its transition

What you are looking at here is not a simple wooden object.

Between material and illusion

The fig wood has been worked, constrained, transformed.

Its striated surface, enriched by the application of pigments, evokes fracture, transition, a material altered by time.

But this alteration is not undergone. It is constructed.

👉What appears to be a natural trace

👉 is in reality a surface narrative

A way of shifting the wood into another register — almost mineral, almost metallic. A rare presence in an interior

Placed alone, it captures the gaze without ever saturating the space.

It works particularly well:

• on a minimalist console
• in a wall niche
• or in contrast with smooth materials (concrete, white walls, contemporary furniture)

Light gradually reveals its reliefs. You don't "see" it all at once — you discover it.

Why this piece works

• Unique piece, non-reproducible
• Surface constructed through work on material and pigments, far from any decorative effect
• Deliberate ambiguity: between sculpture, fragment, and object
• Strong presence without imposing volume

👉 It does not fill a space

👉 It gives it density

An accessible choice for a unique work

At this price point, this piece is deliberately positioned at a point of balance:

👉 accessible enough to enter a collection

👉 singular enough not to be interchangeable

It is often this type of piece that marks a first purchase…

and that stays.

Details

• Species: fig wood
• Process: turning, constrained drying, fire intervention
• Finish: pigmentation and protection
• Unique piece
• Handcrafted sculpture

Signed work

Original sculpture

Studio work