research description

Red Log Torno is a research project focusing on a specific resource, red eucalyptus logs from Portugal. Although widespread across the Iberian landscape, this tree species is almost exclusively used by the paper pulp industry. The production rythmes dictate systematic premature cuts on the trees. After years of shorten growth cycles in monoculture, the tree’s lumber is wrongly known for being fibrous and weak. Therefore it is very rare to find in local sawmill for sale. When I stumbled accross a firelogs shop selling eucalyptus, I was able to see the wood from a tree that had lived longer than thirty years. 
This project researches the unexplored qualities of the eucalyptus beyond its reputation. The strong coloration of the rings red, pink, white inspire compositions. The twelve presented cup are handmade, turned and burnt. The raw aspect of these objects reminds us their origin: the tree.