PROJECT: Strangler Cabinet

Material: Rosewood veneer board, clear Estapol finish, 9mm MDF black 2pac

Size: W 820 D 430 H 1600mm

‘one off piece’

I was inspired to build this piece of furniture by a Strangler Fig Tree that I once saw enveloping a huge Pine tree on Fraser Island. The visual beauty which suggests a ‘coexistence’ between these two different types of trees distracts us from the obvious outcome - the death of the Pine Tree. Similarly, the black MDF board ‘strangles’ the Rosewood cabinet, and, as you look more closely other shapes are suggested.