How a wood and epoxy resin table is made
From a stump in the yard to a table in the living room takes weeks. Here is what happens in between, step by step, and why none of it can be rushed.
When someone sends us a photo of their room and says “I would like a table like this”, the work starts long before the first litre of resin. Most of the time goes into what the finished piece never shows: choosing the wood, drying it and preparing it. This is the road every one of our tables travels.
Choosing and preparing the wood
We look for a piece that already has character: a crack, a hollow, an edge that nature shaped. With stump tables it is a slice of old oak whose hollow later becomes a lake of resin. The wood has to be dry, because moisture left in the fibres works against the resin later. So the piece is put in order first: bark is cleaned where it gets in the way, rot is removed, and the faces are flattened so that the top ends up level.
The mould and the first pour
The slab goes into a mould the resin cannot get through. The colour is chosen together with the customer, from clear and smoky grey to emerald green or deep blue, and moss, pebbles, sand or gold leaf are laid into the resin on request. The resin is not poured in one go but in layers: each layer has to cure before the next, or it overheats and clouds. Those are days of waiting, but that is exactly how the depth that shifts with the light is made.
Flattening and sanding
Once the last layer has cured the slab is rough and uneven. Flattening follows, then sanding through every grit, from coarse paper to the one that already polishes. This is the step that decides how the surface feels under the fingers and looks under a lamp, and the easiest one to ruin by hurrying.
Finish, legs and delivery
Finally the surface is sealed to take glasses, plates and everyday life. The metal legs are chosen to suit the top and the room, powder coated and adjustable, so the table stands still even on a floor that is not perfectly level. Only then is it packed and sent to the customer, in the region or further.
If you have a stump, a slab or just an idea, send us a photo and the dimensions of the room. The rest we agree together.
