The furniture by product designer Hilla Shamia: Molten Aluminum on Wood

The furniture by product designer Hilla Shamia has a raw beauty of an artificially laminated conglomerate. Pouring molten aluminum on wood creates scarred carbon junctions, accentuating the incompatibility between the materials, while the aluminum will have to accept the shape of the wood and adapt to it.

 The overall structures are shaped or constrained into slim rectilinear shapes, emphasizing an intentional force of human intervention over nature. The “business end” of each piece is always wood, which is the physical interface for human touch,  while the structural constraints are made of metal. Shamia’s preferred choice of wood is cypress or eucalyptus.

Molten Aluminum on Wood

Chair formed with Molten Aluminum & Wood

Molten Aluminum on Wood: Manufacturing in process

Molten Aluminum on Wood: Manufacturing in process in workshop

Website: Hilla Shamia's Portfolio

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