Camphorwood H320×W470×D420mm The edges of the work, which look like animal horns or legs, are carefully carved out and shaped with a special plane called a nankin-kanna. This work was created by hand hollowing out a huge tree, nearly 100 years old. It can be used in a variety of ways, including as a stand for displaying houseplants or flower vases, or as a small table for children. When I visited Botswana, I saw traditional African furniture made from a single piece of wood without joints. I was impressed by this approach to woodworking, which is different from the traditional Japanese technique of jointing wood to form a shape, and this stool was born out of my desire to create a piece that utilizes the shape of a huge tree as it is. The stool is named "khudu," which means "tortoise" in Botswana, because its colonized shape looks like a land tortoise.
