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DIMENSIONS (CM)

400 L X 146 W X 74 H

MATERIAL

OIL STAINED MAHOGANY, GLASS

YEAR 

 

2017

EDITION

OF 10

DESIGNER 

MIMINAT SHODEINDE 

PRICE UPON REQUEST

ENQUIRE 

HANDMADE IN LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM

OMI TABLE (2017)

OMI DERIVED FROM THE YORUBA VERNACULAR WORD FOR WATER, EXPLORES THE FLUIDITY OF THE OCEAN’S SURFACE. THE PIECE COMBINES ELEMENTS OF MAKOKO, A HISTORICAL FISHING SETTLEMENT IN LAGOS, NIGERIA, AND SHODEINDE’S POWERFUL PERCEPTION OF WATER AS A SILENCING CAPTIVATING ENTITY THAT PUTS VIEWERS IN A CONTEMPLATIVE STATE. HUNDREDS OF INDIVIDUALLY HAND-SCULPTED MAHOGANY VENEERS HAVE BEEN LAYERED, MERGED, AND FORMED TO EMULATE THE RIPPLING EFFECT OF A SMOOTH-MOVING WAVE. LAID ABOVE THE RIPPLING SUPPORT, A STAINED GLASS TOP HAS BEEN CRAFTED WITH A RADIAL GRADIENT WHICH EMPHASISES THE EXTENDING MOTION OF RIPPLES WHEN THE OCEAN SURFACE IS DISTURBED.

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