American studio Ptacek Home has produced the Chunk Line furniture collection, which aims to combine traditional techniques with a "modern, sculptural twist," from trees that were downed by storms or felled for safety.
The US-based studio, whose collection is shortlisted in the sustainable design category for Dezeen Awards 2021, uses salvaged wood from local forests to create its furniture.
Wooden furniture pieces from the Chunk Line
"Our forests give up large chunks of wood along highways and in neighborhoods that are not commercially viable on an industrial scale so often end up as firewood or landfill," the studio said.
Taking advantage of this supply of wood, Ptacek Home creates furniture that is both made and used locally. "I use a small loader and a portable tree mill along with my woodshop to take the project from sawlog to a finished piece by myself," founder Thomas Ptacek told Dezeen. Thomas Ptacek uses wood from fallen trees
"I then deliver to local customers so the piece lives within a few miles from where the tree was originally grown and salvaged," he added.
"After a storm, I often get calls from homeowners and tree service companies asking me if I want the latest downed tree with the hope of saving it from becoming firewood."

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