« Gardon » is a collection fully made out of 2 invasive species based materials. The 3KG Bench is made out of Japanese knotweed panel builds with 3 ply of robinia veneer assembled with pre-vulcanized latex glue around knotweed whasher structure.
The table top is made out of Japanese knotweed honeycomb the legs are made out of solid robinia glulam assembled with pre-vulcanized latex glue .
The collection is named after the river where the plants are observed and harvested in south of France :The Gardon
This project is developed as part of Atelier Luma / Luma Arles
Year: 2021
Atelier Luma / Luma Arles
Materials: Japanese knotweed, robinia veneer, robinia glulam, vulcanized latex
Pictures: Samy Rio