One of the hottest genres in current furniture design is "oil punk"... also called "industrial chic", it is my favorite design aesthetic. Starting out life as a very well made washing maching... high tech in the early 1900s, I must admit that all I could see was the perfect base for a bistro table.
It took quite a bit of cleaning to get over a century of grunge off of the metal parts. In fact, I dismantled the mechanical parts to the smallest piece, then wire brushed and scraped using an organice de-greaser. Once cleaned up and air dried, every part was carefully coated with double boinled linseed oil and wiped dry.
For the top, I have been working on a new "ultra-white" concrete that, amongst other things, has marble dust in it. Marble dust is a by-product of processing marble slabs for building facades and counter tops. University research in cement rheology indicates that adding 5% marble dust actually makes the end product 7% denser. It also makes it gorgeous. For added visual effect, I added some veins on the surface and a rough rock effect on the inch and a half thick edge. The actual top is only 3/4 inch thick, only the edge is dropped down to the full thickness.
Enough of the technical stuff... judge for yourself it this isn't the coolest bistro table ever.
One of a kind $3500
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