With this piece I wanted to reproduce an antique design, using plywood which is a semi-finished material that is widely used today yet very old, and combine it with small pieces of different woods for the body of the crater.

To make the body of the crater I made a block out of 4mm thick plywood scraps (from drawer bases and furniture backs), and added small pieces of other woods such as pine, iroko, walnut, sapele and Oregon pine.

Although native to the Near East, the common walnut is grown in all temperate and warm regions of the Northern hemisphere. Spanish walnut is among the most prized, but there is very little production. It is one of the best-known and most prized woods in the world and has great decorative value.

Historically, the first references to the use of plywood date back to 1500 BC. Egyptian craftsmen used plywood glued with plant or animal adhesives to decorate tombs. The Greeks and Romans also used these materials for their buildings.