After a 47,000-year-old, 330 x 200 x 180 cm root block from New Zealand—grown in a single piece—arrived at my workshop in Goch in 2016, we cut individual tabletops from it. From these, I craft artistic designer tables made of natural wood, each with its own unique character.
First the large root block was divided into 3 parts, then we began to cut out each table top individually. After each slab, the saw had to be sharpened or replaced, so it sometimes took us up to an hour to cut one slab. We had to refuel 2 - 3 times for each slab. We cut from morning to night for 4 days.
Patrick Herrmann from Stuttgart provided me with valuable help with his mobile sawmill. He took on the task very patiently and didn't despair when the saw had to be sharpened again and again or the chain had to be replaced.
The root table top no. 8, measuring 330 x 120 x 12 cm, grew in one piece after I finished it in summer 2020. Now the beautiful grain of the Kauri root wood with ingrown bark and original gold-colored amber from the ancient Kauri tree can be seen in the table top.
It was very strenuous but also a great event, during which we worked up a lot of sweat. We cut a total of 41 table tops from the 3.30 x 2.00 x 1.80 m kauri root block. Here it lay neatly stacked for 2 years and was able to pre-dry in the air. In 2018, I started with the processing.
2 table tops are in my drying chamber and are artificially and gently dried down to 7 - 8 % wood moisture before processing. This is an important step to ensure that the finished Kauri wooden table does not crack or warp later on at the customer's premises.
Only then do I begin to process the table tops into unique and unusual dining tables, conference tables or designer tables according to the customer's wishes.
After delivery, I provide each customer with a certificate stating the age of the burl wood used in their new wooden table, and each table is also assigned its own unique serial number. This allows me to offer exceptional, high-quality tables that would be nearly impossible to create using other types of wood.
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Michael Beaupoil
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