commissioned | $10,000
LOCATION | Santa Cruz Welcome Center
We sourced the Redwood for this project from the Santa Cruz mountains to highlight the mission behind this organization to showcase the beauty of the region.
We picked up the Redwood slab and lumber and back at the studio, we designed the desk in CAD, with rendered images of the finished piece for the clients to collaborate on to match their vision for the form and functionality of this piece. They wanted to match the angles of the reception space, and create a centerpiece to direct the flow of their welcome center.
We flattened the slab on our slab flattener and cut out the sections we wanted to use. We hand-fabricated the steel framework for the desk, as well as the drawer system. Using an ancient wood-burning technique from Japan, known as Shou Sugi Ban, we blackened the Redwood forming the sides of the desk, bringing out the texture of the wood grain, and at the same time, protecting the wood from scratches in the high-traffic environment of this welcome center.
