Alcarol's Beautiful use of Resin Casting for Furniture

Alcarol is a design and fabrication studio which is doing amazing work with resin casting to preserve unique features in wood in stone.  

Marble ways table is made by using the sacrifical table from stone cutting.  When the table bed is too marred from cutting it is replaced.  Acarol is casting these slabs into beautiful tables, preserving the natural kerf marks as well as the stone and sawdust in the process.  (via Core 77)

This video from Vimeo shows the entire process.

Marble Ways from alcarol on Vimeo.

 Fisheye are made from the columns from the canals of Venice which are eaten by worms

Undergrowth captures the moss and lichens which grow naturally on the trees and are encapsulated to form the edge of shelves.

Laughing Stone and Zippered Rocks from Hirotoshi Ito

I love these striking pieces form Hirotoshi Ito.  He gives stone a fluid, warm feel.  These pieces are both beautiful and imbued with humor. For more pieces visit his flickr stream. 

Laughing Stone

Plush Stone

Clockwork

Ripple

eye

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Cooking Stone 09

gyu

I know you

Laughing Stone

Look Up

The Stairs