Made: c. 1970s
Material: Welded steel, plated
Dimensions: W 21 x D 21 x H 42 cm
Condition: Good
Honest wear — marks and patina. Everything visible is photographed.
A tree stump built up entirely from welded steel — bead over bead, drips and spatter left where they fell, then plated to a bright silver finish.
Nothing about it is cast. Someone stood there with a torch and grew it out of molten metal, which is why no two surfaces repeat and why the light moves across it the way it does. The branch stubs are cut tube, ground flat and left bright against the darker trunk. Rust shows through in the recesses where the plating has worn thin, and it should. A channel runs the full height, so it takes a candle as it is, or converts to a lamp without touching the piece.
Unsigned, with no maker's mark anywhere on it. Handmade, and made once. The welded-and-plated treatment puts it in the brutalist decorative work of the 1970s, when studio metalworkers were making this kind of thing by hand for interiors.
Photographed honestly, in natural light, exactly as it is. No surprises when your new favourite thing arrives.
Everything we sell is 100% authentic. No reproductions, no replicas.
PS. We ship worldwide. For delivery outside Australia, contact us and we'll come back within a day with the best way to get your new favourite piece to you.
Made: c. 1970s
Material: Welded steel, plated
Dimensions: W 21 x D 21 x H 42 cm
Condition: Good
Honest wear — marks and patina. Everything visible is photographed.
A tree stump built up entirely from welded steel — bead over bead, drips and spatter left where they fell, then plated to a bright silver finish.
Nothing about it is cast. Someone stood there with a torch and grew it out of molten metal, which is why no two surfaces repeat and why the light moves across it the way it does. The branch stubs are cut tube, ground flat and left bright against the darker trunk. Rust shows through in the recesses where the plating has worn thin, and it should. A channel runs the full height, so it takes a candle as it is, or converts to a lamp without touching the piece.
Unsigned, with no maker's mark anywhere on it. Handmade, and made once. The welded-and-plated treatment puts it in the brutalist decorative work of the 1970s, when studio metalworkers were making this kind of thing by hand for interiors.
Photographed honestly, in natural light, exactly as it is. No surprises when your new favourite thing arrives.
Everything we sell is 100% authentic. No reproductions, no replicas.
PS. We ship worldwide. For delivery outside Australia, contact us and we'll come back within a day with the best way to get your new favourite piece to you.
