So much of our modern aesthetic— particle board, deli meats, your favorite Kardashian sister— locates beauty in the reconfiguration of some original state of being. So it's particularly refreshing to find an absolutely stunning home object that both looks fresh and modern and yet highlights an untouched beauty inherent in a medium; Hudson Furniture's petrified wood stumps, which artfully blur the line between natural marble and wood, are such objects.
As with all their products, the stumps are made from wood slabs that are domestically gathered from salvaged or naturally-damaged trees, rather than old growth forests. As New York's only repository for legally-harvested, petrified wood, Hudson Furniture places the highest value on the organically-derived character of each piece they sell. As an outgrowth of that mission, the stumps themselves invite you to discover your own organic use for them. They can be used, for example, as an eccentric take on formal dining or as scattered, casual seats similar to errant logs you might stumble upon in a forest.
Find It: Hudson Petrified Wood Stumps
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So, are they wood, or are they petrified wood? Because you're talking about them like they're just regular wood. I don't imagine you're going to find petrified wood just lounging around in your average forest.
Exactly what I was wondering K1TSUN3.
What on earth are they talking about here:
"As with all their products, the stumps are made from wood slabs that are domestically gathered from salvaged or naturally-damaged trees, rather than old growth forests. As New York's only repository for legally-harvested, petrified wood"
I suspect they are petrified-like wood stumps. Maybe just weathered.
Hit "enter" too soon. It takes millions of years for wood to petrify.
I just saw a few of these in a store in Austin - they are petrified wood - meaning, they are now stone. And they are jaw-dropping gorgeous!
And if they place the highest value on these that means they're making a killing on them? Are they truly petrified?
Looking at the website's pictures, they are petrified wood. They must be very expensive. I was in the petrified "forest" in Arizona (fyi - a national park) and bought a chunk a bit smaller than 2 soda cans put together and it was 40 bucks.
Apparently, somewhere in the world, petrified wood can be legally harvested, and Hudson Furniture is the only purveyor of same in New York. These are truly beautiful, aren't they? And nature isn't making anymore of them...kinda sad.