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Blasted Vase and Side Table by Kai Linke
Frankfurt designer Kai Linke has created a series of vases and side tables by sand-blasting timber to enhance the texture of the grain then casting the resulting shapes in ceramic.
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Linke presented the new pieces in his ongoing Blasted Familii series at Tendence fair in Frankfurt last month.
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"Blasted Familii is a series of simple, blasted objects made out of spruce wood," he explains.
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"The objects appear to be rough and aged but at the same time the wooden relief tells another story."
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