Vela Dining Table by De Castelli, Brass and Venetian Terrazzo, Italy

Vela is a table-sculpture that explores and enhances the different facets and uses of metal. The stately oval top in Venetian terrazzo made of white marble has been crafted in collaboration with Laboratorio Morseletto to embrace small pieces of brass obtained from ‘shattered’ sheet metal. Surrounded by marble, the pieces become precious inserts in an ethereal composition, a burst of petals floating upon the wind. The two-dimensional brass that distinguishes the table top is juxtaposed with the sculptural three-dimensionality of the base. Soft, sinuous folds unfurl and alternate to create coves that rise into an intricate conical trunk, delicate and solid at the same time.