Knife Table

Walnut, copper, 2006

Photos: Derek McLeod

A response to a self-initiated design competition for the woodshops at 80 Ward St. The guideline for the competition was to be inspired by a quote and to create something made primarily out of wood.

The quote is from a Deadly Snakes song entitled “Gore Veil”.

“On the edge of a knife is a calm simplicity”

The copper slices through the wood while simultaneously joining it together – a response to the complexity found immediately beyond the edge. The copper mimics the edge in its extreme thinness at 0.005” whereas the knife ceases to exist at it’s edge, turning into nothing at all.

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