A private commission to create a large interpretation of the Palindrome series as a dining table with seating. (Please see the PALINDROME page for more information about the original series.)

Typically the Palindrome furniture pieces are half mould and half cast conjoined, however the invitation to realise furniture for a large space suggested a different approach and I became more interested in the idea of two tables, one creating the other.

One table is created in heavy grained rough sawn oak which is then used as a mould to create the other cast piece in the acrylic/gypsum composite Jesmonite. The, two standing end to end, form reflections of each other.

Running around the two tables are a series of stools and benches which again are mould and cast.
As with the original Palindrome series the tables are engraved with a palindromic word: ‘WASSAMASSAW’ while the seating forms an entire phrase based on the client’s personal collections when put together:

‘WAS IT A CAR OR A CAT I SAW’

The project was commissioned by DZEK.