Technical sheet
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- 2012
- design + prototyping
- Marge
- dimensions
- 139cm x 94cm x 2,5cm; 44cm high
- table top
- handmade by Marge, finished with multiple layers of linseed oil
- 'table leggs'
- Wooden trestles, colourless oiled, shortened to coffee height
Ferrocementen koffietafel
Very heavy tabletop with upside-down trestles
Above the ground –at what one could call coffee-height- we find the ferrocement tabletop. Made out of concrete, rock, but thin. Even thinner on the edges than in the centre. And underneath, two wooden trestles. Upside down. Collecting weight and getting rid of it.
You can’t say that they seem to be made for each other, those two, one heavy and permanent, one light and temporary. But still. A table is a surface on a relevant height. A table is a tabletop and legs; the legs carry the tabletop that you use to put your coffee on.
The two reversed trestles are kept in place by reinforced steel sockets protruding from the bottom of the table top. When lifted, the trestles tilt due to gravitational forces fixating them into the sockets, preventing them from falling.
The ferrocement is manually applied with a spatula during production. This gives the concrete an uneven and rough look in the end. The trestles are equipped with a thick felt foil to accommodate this unevenness.
The formwork of the table top was a polycarbonate plate, resulting in a smooth but softly waving surface. The edges remain rough and are lightly sanded (down) to avoid clothing damages.
