The handcrafted and unique raku tea-tables are made of white raku ceramics, different kinds of wood, carbon fiber and old tables legs coming from the mid of the 19th century. Our intent was to build joyful furniture pieces based on different traditions, which become contemporary and balanced simply by combining them in an unusual way.

The raku ceramics in the middle of the tabletop show graphical drawings of snow crystals. These pictures come from microphotographs taken by W.A. Bentley, who photographed his first snowflake under a microscope in 1885.
During almost half a century he found not just a few crystal varieties, but many hundreds of forms, all based on a common hexagonal pattern. He published more than 2000 beautiful microphotographs in 1931 revealing the wonder of nature’s diversity in uniformity: no two are alike.

Hillsideout chose to combine the idea of snow crystals with the raku ceramics because of the uniqueness and unpredictable patterns they have in common

 

Size: I: cmL65xD65xH47 II: cmL71xD60xH52 III: cm L 71 x D 86 x H 42
Material: handcrafted wood of nut and chestnut, antique table legs, carbon fiber, raku ceramics
Versions: unique and different versions
Colours: natural / white
Weight: ~ 5 -­‐ 10 kg
Designed by: Hillsideout
Brand/Producer: Hillsideout
Origin: Germany