Knot Shadow Table

Knot Shadow Table translates the border of a Persian carpet into light, mass and empty space rather than applying pattern to a surface. The object is built from three clearly legible components: a rolled bronze cylinder, a circular honey-onyx top and a concealed ring of warm light between them. The lower half of the bronze body remains solid and visually heavy. In the upper half, a controlled sequence of stepped diamond openings forms a continuous band, with a small cross-shaped void at the centre of each unit.

This rhythm refers to the way a carpet border contains and repeats information, but the reference is completed only when the table is illuminated. Light passes through the openings and extends the border onto the floor as a field of shadows. The natural veining of the onyx introduces a second, non-repeating layer, while the dark hand-applied bronze patina gives each example a slightly different depth. The table is designed for specialist fabrication in a numbered edition rather than industrial volume.

The bronze shell is laser cut, rolled and seam welded; the top can be removed for LED maintenance, and a single low-voltage cable exits discreetly at the rear. By day the piece reads as a restrained side table. At night it becomes an active domestic object whose carpet-inspired identity occupies the surrounding room without adding literal textile decoration.