Costellazione Fenice / Constellation Fenice

Wood (various), with paint
Series of 3
Each H 50 x W 40 x D 27 cm
2012-2015

Beginning: Serie Imitatrice / Copycat Series

This collection of stools is a celebration of chance, of when a perfect object came into being through a series of prosaic moments.

Sometime last century an unknown Italian maker had, by accident, drilled through the surface of the stool he was using as a workbench. Unintentionally, had created what, to me, looked like a constellation of stars. I could not ignore the stool. It lived in our home for years until one day I decided to make some more, using similar found planks I happened to have in the studio, and consciously re-creating the celestial pattern I saw.

March 2025