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 Tabletop No. 8, measuring 330 x 120 x 12 cm, grew as a single piece; I finished it in the summer of 2020. Now the tabletop reveals the beautiful grain of the Kauri root wood, with its embedded bark and original golden-colored amber from the ancient Kauri tree.
It was very exhausting but also a great experience, and we really worked up a sweat. In total, we cut 41 tabletops from the 3.30 x 2.00 x 1.80 m Kauri root block. It had been neatly stacked there for two years and was able to dry out in the open air. I began working on it in 2018.
I have two tabletops in my drying chamber, where they are gently dried to a moisture content of 7–8% 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 home.
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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