Really Big Slabs

When you bring a wooden slab into your home or commercial space you are bringing in a codified piece of time. If your craftsperson knew her stuff, the hypnotic growth rings reveal a temporal contour map of the place the tree matured. These Kokko (albezia samman) slabs are sourced from 2008 hurricane Nargis knock downs. The shade trees were planted in British times (1890s) all over Burma to provide shade. Nargis bore down on Rangoon over 2 days with sustained winds of 110-130 miles per hour. We crane lifted several of these fallen giants and let them air dry over the last decade before beginning the process of table making. This particular slab is 16.5’ long x 3.3” thick X 55” (average) wide. We finished this slab in Burma and then brought it to New Jersey where Nakashima’s lead table maker refinished it and added new butterflies, sanding and coating. There is simply no other table like it in the USA.