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ANCHOR Colorless Stool by Alcarol

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ANCHOR Colorless Stool by Alcarol
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ANCHOR Colorless Stool by Alcarol

Key details

SKU anchor-colorless-stool
Brand Alcarol
Category Stool
Collection Bricola Collection
Dimensions W 30 x D 30 x H 45 cm

Description

alcarol’s main action is sectioning — cutting through matter and time to reveal what lies beneath. The very foundations of Venice rest upon thousands of oak poles, driven deep into the lagoon’s caranto layer — a compact mixture of clay and sand that has held the city for centuries. During their long immersion, these timbers are sculpted by Teredo Navalis, the small marine organisms that draw delicate constellations of holes across the surface, leaving the core intact. Their slow work traces the passage of life through wood, shaping a fragile equilibrium between erosion and endurance. When replaced by new poles, these wooden fragments — imbued with water, salt, and memory — become witnesses of a millennial sedimentation. For the creation of Anchor, alcarol dove into the canals of Venice to study this submerged world, capturing its essence through a section that freezes a living cross-section of the Lagoon. Through a patented process, the empty spaces carved by shipworms are filled with a transparent resin that embodies the very water in which the wood once lived. This still, crystalline layer arrests the flow of time, like a photograph in three dimensions — a solid water that preserves the traces of an underwater landscape unique in the world. Anchor is a fragment of Venice itself, shaped by the patient rhythm of tides and rendered eternal in its final, translucent layer.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are the dimensions of the ANCHOR Colorless Stool?

The ANCHOR Colorless Stool measures W: 30 x D: 30 x H: 45.

Is the ANCHOR Colorless Stool suitable for commercial projects?

Yes, the ANCHOR Colorless Stool by Alcarol is suitable for both residential and commercial interiors. It is commonly specified by interior designers and architects for hospitality, office, and retail environments.

What collection does the ANCHOR Colorless Stool belong to?

The ANCHOR Colorless Stool is part of the Bricola Collection collection by Alcarol.

Specifications

Material Resin, Underwater Wood, Venetian Lagoon Wood, Bricola Solid Oak Wood, Extraclear Polished Resin, Colorless Or Aquamarine, Bricola Oak, Solid Oak, Felt
Dimensions W: 30 x D: 30 x H: 45 cm
SKU anchor-colorless-stool
Collection Bricola Collection
Designer alcarol
Brand Alcarol
Category Stool

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Moon Rectangular Dining Table - Table by Alcarol

Alcarol > Table

The Moon Table explores perception and light — how our senses transform raw matter into meaning. At first glance, materials appear alien, joined in weightless harmony; yet the table is firmly of Earth. Two mirrored Burled Poplar planks with live edges stretch toward one another, encased in a luminous medium like frozen lunar frost. Four transparent pillars float through the surface, supporting the top in an enigmatic suspension. The Burled Poplar is a wood of peculiar deformities — swirling eyes and knots growing in unpredictable patterns. Through a special verdigris and oil finishing, its innate holographic depth is magnified, casting the grain in shifting luminescence that defies recognition. Under varied light, the surface seems to breathe — transforming wood into a material both familiar and cosmic. Moon Table is not a manifestation of fantasy, but a terrestrial object lifted into poetic light. It asks us to see beyond what’s visible, to discover the extraordinary hidden within the everyday, and to feel the silent glow of lunar presence in wood and matter..

Uranus Rectangular Dining Table

Uranus Rectangular Dining Table - Table by Alcarol

Alcarol > Table

The Uranus Table probes the boundary between perception and matter — a meditation on how what we see is shaped by the interplay of light, substance, and vision. At first glance, its materials resist recognition, as if pulled from another world. Yet it is born of Earth: two planks of Burled Poplar with live edges, mirrored and joined within a transparent medium. Their forms hover side by side without touching, supported by three clear pillars that lift and puncture the surface in a gesture of subtle defiance. The Burled Poplar reveals a sculpted grain of swirling knots and eyes — organic complexity that no human mind could predesign. Through a special finishing process infused with verdant oils, the wood’s natural holographic depth is magnified, giving it a green-tinted vibrancy reminiscent of Uranus itself. In shifting light, the surface seems to glow from within, rendering its material almost alien. Uranus Table is not a celestial object, but a terrestrial one illuminated by the same mystery. It calls us to reimagine the familiar — to perceive Earth’s hidden beauty through the color, light, and movement we associate with the sky above.

WETLAND Drawers

WETLAND Drawers - Cabinet by Alcarol

Alcarol > Cabinet

A wetland is an ecosystem that is saturated with water, which in some cases preserves materials such as wood for millennia. Abonos is a Celtic name which indicates the “fossil” wetland wood type of some rare alluvial areas of the Alps, where minerals and water have started the semi-fossilization process of the submerged trees. Currents bind the minerals and iron in the water with tannins in the wood, naturally hardening and colouring the wood in the process. This is clearly visible on the chromatics scale of the woodgrain – changing from golden to black – with always unique shades. This wood finally comes to light like a jewel of the past, through a careful, complex work of recovery and processing. Like the water over millennia, the alcarol’s transparent resin surrounds the organic shapes of this unique wood, preserving and enhancing all its preciousness and charm. The natural wood surface it’s not covered by resin on the section planes, so you can touch the warm organic vibrancy of such an ancient material.

RAPOLANO Console

RAPOLANO Console - Console by Alcarol

Alcarol > Console

In the Sienese lands of Tuscany lies Rapolano, a place where ancient Romans once bathed in thermal springs and, long before them, the Etruscans quarried a rare and vibrant stone: Rapolano Travertine. Formed over millennia by mineral-rich waters flowing through hot springs and limestone caves, this sedimentary rock reveals delicate cavities, fibrous veins, and layered textures — each a trace of time, erosion, and transformation. Its palette ranges from creamy whites to rusted ochres, making it unlike any other travertine in the world. In collaboration with Vaselli, alcarol has reclaimed weathered fragments of this ancient stone, preserving its hollowed forms with a transparent resin that evokes the very waters from which it was born. The Rapolano Console is not merely functional, it is a metaphysical composition. A fragment of earth, shaped by centuries of subterranean flow, is lifted and held aloft by a slender metal pillar: a silent, vertical presence anchoring space and time. The stone hovers in balance, between geology and geometry, memory and material, made eternal through design.

SURFACING TRUNK Stool / Side Table

SURFACING TRUNK Stool / Side Table - Side table by Alcarol

Alcarol > Side table

Surfacing Trunk Stool is crafted from discarded sections of dead trees, sourced from the wetlands of the Italian Dolomites. Its natural bark surface, still bearing mosses and tiny native plants, is preserved in a transparent resin that recalls the still water of its habitat. By filling the irregular cavities with resin, alcarol doesn’t only restore structure, it freezes a moment in time, just before nature’s cycle would reclaim the material. What was once overlooked becomes a quiet presence, holding the memory of a forest floor immersed in silence and slow decay. This is not just a stool, but a fragment of territory surfacing from below, suspended between end and rebirth.

FUNGI Console

FUNGI Console - Console by Alcarol

Alcarol > Console

The Fungi Console is crafted from a single beech plank, recovered from an abandoned log in the Italian Dolomite forest, still bearing the delicate traces of its native fungal life. Cut with a thin blade and folded into form, the plank becomes a seamless architectural gesture. The woodgrain aligns perfectly around the corners, as if never divided, while a clear, icy resin — resembling the winter stillness that paused the fungi’s growth — fuses vertical and horizontal planes into one uninterrupted surface. Within the wood, the fungi have etched their silent presence: delicate patterns, dark lines, and tonal shifts map a hidden metamorphosis, revealing a landscape sculpted by time, place, and conditions never to be repeated. Preserved just before its full dissolution, the wood’s decay becomes a new kind of permanence — a fragment of organic history, paused in its most expressive moment.

WETLAND STREAMS Table

WETLAND STREAMS Table - Table by Alcarol

Alcarol > Table

A wetland is a water-saturated ecosystem where, in rare natural conditions, wood can be preserved for millennia. Abonos—a Celtic name for this semi-fossilized wetland timber—comes from ancient trunks buried in alpine alluvial areas. Protected beneath layers of sand and gravel, the trees underwent a slow transformation: minerals, iron and tannins bonded over time, hardening the wood and colouring its grain through a unique chromatic spectrum, from golden nuances to deep black. Once brought back to the surface, this wood emerges like a jewel of the past, recovered and crafted through delicate and meticulous processes. In the Wetland Streams Table, alcarol surrounds its organic forms with transparent resin, recalling the water that shaped it through the ages. Here, two clear rivers flow through the surface, a poetic echo of the streams that once carried the trunks along their ancient journey. The resin preserves and reveals every detail of the wood, while the exposed section planes remain free to the touch, allowing you to feel the warm, vibrant essence of a material that has travelled across eras. The result is a piece where time continues to flow, and nature’s memory becomes part of everyday life.

FUNGI Rectangular Coffee Table

FUNGI Rectangular Coffee Table - Coffee table by Alcarol

Alcarol > Coffee table

Recovered from the Italian Dolomite forest, the Fungi Table is crafted from a large Beech log marked by native fungal activity — each line and shadow a silent record of time, place, and transformation. The live edges are encased in an extra-clear resin that evokes the winter ice once halting the fungi’s growth, preserving a fleeting natural process in stillness. The plank has been cut with a fine blade and rejoined with precise alignment of the fungal woodgrain, forming an L-shape with corners so seamless that both wood and resin appear uninterrupted. Through a proprietary process, alcarol creates a single, continuous volume — a solid trace of ephemeral life. This invisible joinery can be adapted for various typologies: tables, benches, shelves, and beyond. Each piece is unique — a quiet testament to the living conditions that shaped it, and to the poetry of transformation hidden in decay.

POPLAR Low Coffee Table

POPLAR Low Coffee Table - Coffee table by Alcarol

Alcarol > Coffee table

The Poplar Low Coffee Table is a meditation on human perception, an interplay between organic imperfection and visual illusion. It challenges the way we understand material, balance, and structure. The tabletop is composed of two almost specular planks of rare Burled Poplar, a wood whose grain swirls in unpredictable, dreamlike patterns. This deformation is entirely natural, yet so intricate and unfamiliar that it seems designed by hand, though no human could have imagined it. The live edges of the planks are preserved and joined in a transparent resin, suspended without contact, as if the wood were hovering. Four clear acrylic pillars pierce the structure and hold it in place with precise balance, a composition that appears both impossible and weightless. The result is a sculptural paradox: earthy and ethereal, familiar and alien. A dialogue between nature’s chaos and the clarity of form.

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Jacob Armchair - Armchair by Koskela

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Jacob Armchair — Playful Comfort, Built to Last The Jacob Armchair is a fresh, playful take on the classic lounge — combining extreme comfort with a bold, modern silhouette. Designed and made in Australia, Jacob balances timeless style, durability, and sustainable design to create a piece you’ll love for years to come. Inspired by Koskela’s iconic Jake chair, Jacob pairs a sculptural tubular steel base — available in Koskela’s signature powder coat colours — with luxuriously cushioned seating. The frame’s clean, rounded lines contrast beautifully with the sofa’s softness, creating a striking centrepiece for any living space. The plush cushions feature a durable foam core with a soft feather/fibre wrap offering the perfect balance of long-lasting support and sink-in comfort. A distinctive chubby piping detail echoes the frame’s curves, adding both visual interest and a tactile edge. Upholstered in your choice of fabric, the removable back and seat cushions make it easy to clean, refresh, or reupholster over time — extending the product’s life, reducing waste, and letting you adapt your sofa as your style evolves. Available in a two-seater three-seater and armchair Key Features: Australian Made – Designed and manufactured locally to support Australian industry and ensure high-quality craftsmanship Fast lead time - 8 weeks Modular Flexibility – Modular design to suit a wide range of spatial layouts and allowing for reconfiguration as workplace needs evolve Customisable Sizes - Available in Mid and High Back Durable Steel Base – Sturdy powder-coated frame that can be separated and re-powdercoated for a refreshed look over time Removable Covers - Back and seat cushions can be easily removed,  regularly dry-cleaned and after several years replaced, to keep the product looking like new. Built for Repair – Components can be repaired or swapped out, reducing environmental impact and long-term costs GECA certified 7-Year Warranty – Includes access to Koskela’s aftercare maintenance program Got Questions? We've answered (almost) all of them.

ANCHOR Colorless Stool

ANCHOR Colorless Stool - Stool by Alcarol

Alcarol > Stool

alcarol’s main action is sectioning — cutting through matter and time to reveal what lies beneath. The very foundations of Venice rest upon thousands of oak poles, driven deep into the lagoon’s caranto layer — a compact mixture of clay and sand that has held the city for centuries. During their long immersion, these timbers are sculpted by Teredo Navalis, the small marine organisms that draw delicate constellations of holes across the surface, leaving the core intact. Their slow work traces the passage of life through wood, shaping a fragile equilibrium between erosion and endurance. When replaced by new poles, these wooden fragments — imbued with water, salt, and memory — become witnesses of a millennial sedimentation. For the creation of Anchor, alcarol dove into the canals of Venice to study this submerged world, capturing its essence through a section that freezes a living cross-section of the Lagoon. Through a patented process, the empty spaces carved by shipworms are filled with a transparent resin that embodies the very water in which the wood once lived. This still, crystalline layer arrests the flow of time, like a photograph in three dimensions — a solid water that preserves the traces of an underwater landscape unique in the world. Anchor is a fragment of Venice itself, shaped by the patient rhythm of tides and rendered eternal in its final, translucent layer.

STUMP Stool - Mulberry

STUMP Stool - Mulberry - Stool by Alcarol

Alcarol > Stool

This stool is crafted from a discarded mulberry log found in the wetlands of the Dolomites. Its rough bark and living surface, still inhabited by native mosses and small plants, are preserved in a clear resin that echoes the waters once surrounding it. Filling its natural voids with resin, alcarol captures the final moment before the material’s return to the earth. What was once forgotten becomes a fragment of time made tangible — a small monument to decay, transformation, and the silent resilience of the forest floor.

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ANCHOR III Side Table - Side table by Alcarol

Alcarol > Side table

Three ancient Venetian Bricola poles emerge side by side, their surfaces deeply sculpted by salt, tides, molluscs, and decades beneath the shifting waters of the lagoon. Wider and more expansive than the original Anchor Twist, this piece amplifies the dialogue between wood, light, and suspended fluidity, transforming three reclaimed fragments into a single sculptural landscape. The aquamarine resin flowing between the vertical forms evokes the hidden currents that once surrounded these maritime markers, preserving the underwater atmosphere of Venice within a crystallized volume. Air bubbles, reflections, and translucent depths become frozen traces of the lagoon itself, capturing the silent movement of water in a state of stillness. Each Bricola pole carries its own history of erosion and marine life, revealing textures impossible to reproduce: tunnels carved by molluscs, weathered grain, and natural fractures shaped by time. Together, the three elements create a rhythmic composition where solid oak and luminous resin alternate like islands emerging from water. More than a side table, the piece becomes a cross-section of the Venetian lagoon, a suspended fragment of submerged architecture where memory, water, and wood converge into a timeless balance between nature and transformation.

ANCHOR Colorless Stool

ANCHOR Colorless Stool - Stool by Alcarol

Alcarol > Stool

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CHIMENTI ROUND Coffee Table

CHIMENTI ROUND Coffee Table - Coffee table by Alcarol

Alcarol > Coffee table

The Chimenti Round Coffee Table emerges from reclaimed oak planks once part of Venice’s briccole poles, their natural live edges weathered by salt, tides, and the gentle caress of lagoon molluscs. These planks are reimagined in a circular form — a loop that echoes the continuity of water. In Venetian nautical tradition, chimenti are the gaps between ship planks, sealed by caulkers with oakum and colofonia, a translucent resin. In resonance with that craft, alcarol infuses only the voids in the wood with a transparent resin that mimics the water it once knew — capturing suspended air bubbles, restoring vitality, and preserving the material’s memory. Through this process, the table becomes a poetic subaqueous section of the Lagoon, where time is arrested and the underground currents of Venice surface in form. The circular shape frames a vision of fluid eternity, invoking the submerged geographies of the city. More than furniture, the Chimenti Round Coffee Table is a fragment of underwater Venice made visible, crystallized in light and stone — a meeting point between material, memory, and the timeless pulse of water.

BENT One Side Console

BENT One Side Console - Console by Alcarol

Alcarol > Console

The Bent Console One Side is born from a single plank of Briccola oak, reclaimed from Venice’s lagoon. With a delicate cut, alcarol lets this plank rise vertically, bend into the horizontal, and then return to earth — mirroring the eternal cycle of water as it ascends, flows, and descends. The live edges, sculpted by salt, time, and lagoon molluscs, are preserved in all their irregular beauty, while the voids are filled with a transparent resin that echoes the water that once embraced the wood. This resin preserves air bubbles, light, and memory, creating a seamless continuity between the vertical and horizontal planes — as though the console were one continuous, fluid sculpture. In this way, the Bent Console becomes a frozen watercourse — a single, flowing form where wood becomes landscape, and the passage of time is held still. It is a fragment of submerged Venice, suspended between gravity and flow, turning natural forces into a serene, unbroken presence.

CHIMENTI RIVER Table

CHIMENTI RIVER Table - Table by Alcarol

Alcarol > Table

The Chimenti Table is born from planks of Venetian Bricole oak — ancient poles that have stood for decades in the Lagoon, their edges shaped by tides, carved by salt, and marked by the slow work of time and marine life. In the traditional language of Venetian shipwrights, chimenti are the narrow gaps between the hull planks of a vessel, once sealed by skilled caulkers with oakum and colofonia — a clear natural resin. Reinterpreting this ancient craft, alcarol fills only the empty spaces within the wood with a transparent resin that embodies the water it once lived in, preserving the traces of air and light suspended beneath the surface. Through this process, the table becomes a tangible section of the Venetian Lagoon — a vision of the underwater landscape made still, where motion turns to clarity and time seems to rest. The Chimenti Table is more than a functional object: it is a fragment of Venice itself, sculpted by water and history, now rendered eternal in its final, translucent layer — a dialogue between material, memory, and light.

CHIMENTI Frosted Table

CHIMENTI Frosted Table - Table by Alcarol

Alcarol > Table

The Chimenti Frosted Table is crafted from three planks of Venetian Briccole oak, preserving their natural live edges — sculpted by salt water, shaped by time, and gently eroded by lagoon molluscs. In Venetian seafaring language, chimenti are the gaps between the planks of a ship’s hull, once sealed by master caulkers with oakum and colofonia — a transparent natural resin. Echoing this ancient gesture, alcarol fills only the voids of the wood with a clear resin that embodies the water once surrounding it, capturing the underwater air bubbles and restoring the timber’s original vitality. This process transforms the material into a poetic cross-section of the Venetian Lagoon — a still image of the underwater world, where time appears to stop and the essence of Venice becomes visible. The Chimenti Frosted Table is not just a piece of furniture: it is a fragment of submerged Venice, crystallized in its final layer of transparent stillness — a bridge between craft, nature, and memory.

ANCHOR TWIST

ANCHOR TWIST - Side table by Alcarol

Alcarol > Side table

Anchor Twist is born from two fragments of Venetian Briccola oak poles, their surfaces carved by salt, molluscs, and decades beneath the lagoon’s restless tides. The light that passes between these two vertical elements evokes an underwater current, a hidden flow that once moved silently through the depths of Venice. In the tradition of alcarol’s sectioning, the space between the poles is filled with a transparent resin that embodies the water once flowing there. The resin captures air bubbles, reflections, and traces of light, freezing the motion of the lagoon into a solid, translucent flow. Through this process, Anchor Twist becomes a crystallized stream — a sculptural echo of the underwater life of Venice. Two ancient poles frame a current that no longer moves, yet still shimmers with quiet energy: where the flow of a hidden river is crystallized in stillness, captured between wood and light. Anchor Twist is not just an object, but a living section of the Venetian Lagoon — a meeting of nature, craft, and suspended time.

BENT RIVER Console

BENT RIVER Console - Console by Alcarol

Alcarol > Console

The Bent River Console is born from a single plank of Venetian Briccola oak, carved and bent so fluidly that wood seems to flow like water. The plank rises, bends, and returns to earth, tracing a silent current that crosses space. Its natural edges — eroded by salt, tides, and time — remain intact, lending the piece an organic character. Where voids exist, a transparent resin fills them, mirroring the lagoon water that once caressed the wood. The resin captures suspended air bubbles and light, as though freezing the movement of a submerged river within the console. In its essence, the Bent River becomes a sculpted watercourse — a bridge between verticality and horizontality, between gravity and flow. It evokes a living river carved from a single wood flow, preserving a fragment of Venice’s underwater geography in stillness and light.

SURFACING FISHEYE

SURFACING FISHEYE - Stool by Alcarol

Alcarol > Stool

Surfacing Fisheye is sculpted from a single cylindrical section of Venetian Briccola oak — a fragment of wood that once stood immersed in the lagoon, patiently shaped by salt, tides, and time. Its circular form becomes a lens, bending light and vision like the eye of a fish gliding beneath the waters of Venice. Through a transparent resin that fills the natural voids left by marine life, the piece captures air, bubbles, and reflections — transforming water’s movement into still clarity. The resin becomes a living membrane, magnifying the inner topography of the wood and preserving its outer skin untouched, as if the plank were seen through a liquid eye. From every angle, the cylindrical volume reveals a shifting perception — a fisheye view of submerged Venice, refracted and stilled within its transparent body. More than a stool or side table, Surfacing Fisheye offers the gaze of a Venetian fish: an intimate, curved vision of a hidden underwater world, frozen in luminous calm.

BRICOLA BENT Desk

BRICOLA BENT Desk - Desk by Alcarol

Alcarol > Desk

The Bricola Bent Desk is composed of two planks of Venetian Briccola oak, each edge sculpted by salt, tides, and decades submerged in lagoon currents. These timbers — once part of Venice’s underwater architecture — bear the traces of molluscs and waterborne time. Flanking the wood, transparent resin borders trace rivers of glass — echoes of the water that once embraced the planks, now transformed into guardians of the wood’s form. These resin edges seal and protect the fragile boundaries shaped by nature, ensuring the preservation of a moment in flux made eternal. In the corners, the woodgrain aligns seamlessly, as though the desk were carved from a single bent piece. Through a refined process, the resin too appears as one continuous, unbroken layer—no visible seams between horizontal and vertical planes, honoring the unity of the form. Below, a metaphysical steel slab supports the composition — an austere element that lifts the desk, giving it a subtle suspension in space. Together, the materials speak of convergence: wood shaped by water and time, resin that cements translucence, and steel that holds the ephemeral steady. The Bricola Bent Desk is at once functional and poetical: the memory of Venice flows within its edges, captured in resin and sustained by steel. It is a singular moment, crystallized.

BENT Console

BENT Console - Console by Alcarol

Alcarol > Console

The Bent Console is born from a single plank of Venetian Briccola oak, its form shaped by the currents, tides, and decades of lagoon life. The natural edges, sculpted by salt and molluscs, remain intact — a testimony to the slow dialogue between water and wood. Flanking the wood, two bands of transparent resin rise like twin rivers — echoing the water that once enveloped the plank, and now shielding it. These resin borders cradle the wood, sealing its history and preserving its integrity, while capturing bubbles, reflections, and the silent breath of the lagoon. The console becomes a living shoreline: wood shaped by submerged time, framed and guarded by resins that suggest fluidity even in stillness. The result is an object of silent tension — where the passage of water is both honored and held in quiet form. More than furniture, the Bent Console is a living fragment of Venice’s underwater realm — where water becomes structure, and structure recalls water. In the corners, the wood grain meets perfectly, as if bending in a single continuous gesture. Through a special process, even the resin becomes one uninterrupted piece, showing no visible separation between horizontal and vertical planes. This invisible corner joint, developed by alcarol, preserves the purity of form and fluidity of line, and is also suitable for benches, tables, and similar bespoke applications.

MAREALE Stool

MAREALE Stool - Stool by Alcarol

Alcarol > Stool

The Mareale Stool rises from a single disc of Venetian Briccola oak. Once submerged in lagoon currents, its edges worn by salt and molluscs — each contour a testament to time’s slow hands. Encircling this wooden heart, transparent resin bands flow like liquid water, protecting its jagged margins and preserving a singular moment carved by the tides. The resin captures light, air, and whispering reflections, as if sealing the breath of the lagoon into the stool’s skin. A metaphysical steel pillar supports this rotating core, granting the piece balance and elevation — as though the memory of water is held aloft in space. Mareale is not merely a stool: it is a crystallized tide, where wood, resin, and steel converge in a silent rotation, rendering eternal a fleeting whisper of Venice’s aquatic soul.

FOGGY Coffee Table

FOGGY Coffee Table - Coffee table by Alcarol

Alcarol > Coffee table

The Foggy Coffee Table is shaped from Venetian Briccola oak planks, their edges worn by salt, tides, and the slow hands of time. Each contour whispers of lagoon currents, molluscs, and the long immersion of wood beneath the waters of Venice. Along the periphery, the wood is embraced by translucent resin — a misty band that protects and seals its margins. The resin flows like fog over the grain, capturing air, subtle light, and suspended breath, as though preserving a hidden moment of lagoon atmosphere. Wrapped in this silent haze, the table becomes a submerged memory — the meeting of water and wood in suspended clarity. In its very presence, Foggy evokes a fragment of Venice veiled in mist: as if the table were born from the vapors that hover above the canals, eternally holding a fleeting whisper of the lagoon’s soul. “At break of day stars fade with envy seeing the charms of Venice emerge from the fog” Mieczyslaw Kozlowski, Le Maschere di Venezia

BURANO Plate

BURANO Plate - Styling by Alcarol

Alcarol > Styling

Burano is an island in the Lagoon of Venice, famous for its lace. This plate is created with a slice of Bricola wood, the traditional timber pole planted in the Lagoon seabed, characterized by the tunnels carved by the molluscs that create a pattern of solids and voids, lights and shadows, like a lace. This wooden crochet is surrounded by a sheet of transparent aquamarine resin liven up by a constellation of underwater air bubbles that returns a fragment of submerged Venice.

CHIMENTI Low Table

CHIMENTI Low Table - Side table by Alcarol

Alcarol > Side table

The Chimenti Low Table is made of three planks obtained from the Venetian Bricola poles preserving their natural live edges corroded by decades of salt water and sculpted by the lagoon molluscs. In Venetian seafaring language, the Chimenti are the gaps between the boards forming a ship’s planking, where the master caulkers stuff the gaps with oakum soaked in tar and colofonia, a transparent vegetable resin. Not unlike this ancient work, the manufacture of this table use an innovative resination process capable of filling only the empty spaces with a transparent resin capturing the underwater air bubbles that bring the wood back to the original look and conditions.

RROUND CHIMENTI Table

RROUND CHIMENTI Table - Table by Alcarol

Alcarol > Table

The Round Chimenti Table is a circular evolution of the first Chimenti design, crafted from reclaimed planks of Venetian Briccola oak. Each edge preserves the natural traces of salt, water, and time — sculpted by the lagoon’s molluscs and by the slow erosion of the tides. In the traditional language of Venetian shipwrights, chimenti are the gaps between the planks of a vessel’s hull, once sealed by master caulkers with oakum and colofonia, a transparent natural resin. Echoing this ancient craft, alcarol revives the material by filling its voids with transparency and light, capturing the air and breath once hidden beneath the waters. Through this process, the table becomes a circular cross-section of the lagoon — a fragment of Venice brought once more below the water’s surface, where time stands still and memory takes form. The Round Chimenti Table invites touch, sight, and scent to transcend ordinary perception — offering a glimpse of submerged Venice made eternal.

ANCHOR Stool

ANCHOR Stool - Stool by Alcarol

Alcarol > Stool

alcarol’s craft begins with sectioning — cutting through matter, time, and memory to reveal what lies beneath the surface. The very foundations of Venice rest upon thousands of oak poles, driven deep into the lagoon’s caranto layer, a compact bed of clay and sand. Immersed for decades, these timbers are slowly sculpted by Teredo Navalis, tiny marine organisms that trace delicate constellations of holes across the surface. Their patient work consumes the outer layers yet leaves the core untouched, creating a dialogue between erosion and endurance, fragility and strength. When replaced, these poles — vessels of salt, life, and history — are recovered and entrusted to alcarol. For the making of Anchor, the studio immersed itself in the waters of Venice, studying the silent world where these timbers were formed. The project captures the idea of a submerged cross-section — a fragment of the lagoon brought to light, preserving the quiet life beneath the surface. Through an intricate process, alcarol fills only the voids within the wood with transparency, trapping the breath of water and restoring the timber to its original vitality. Each section reveals the poetry of contrasts: air and depth, decay and resilience, motion and stillness. Through touch and sight, Anchor invites us to transcend the ordinary perception of place — to see Venice not as it appears above water, but as it endures below.

CANAL Console

CANAL Console - Console by Alcarol

Alcarol > Console

In Venice, each canal has unique characteristics. Over the centuries man and elements have defined its aspect. Walking through the alleys, changing perspective or waiting for a change in the rays of the sun, this millennial environment takes different expressions. Canal wants to reproduce this experience: an integrated sensor detects the passage of people and activates a light source hidden inside the metal base, so the light reaches the aquamarine resin and gives us the thrill of a ray of sunlight filtered through the lagoon waters. The natural live edge wood obtained from the Venetian poles are bring again beneath the water’s surface, freezing time at the end of its cycle and giving it a new life before it goes to waste. alcarol has patented an innovative process capable of filling only the empty spaces of the wood with a special transparent resin and capturing the underwater air bubbles that bring the wood back to the original look and conditions, allowing to transcend the ordinary perception of a place.

WATER BRIGHT Lamp

WATER BRIGHT Lamp - Table lamp by Alcarol

Alcarol > Table lamp

Water Bright is a fragment, a synthesis of the millennial relationship between wood and water. It ‘s the story of the profound and romantic rapport that develops between these two elements in Venice. The light of variable intensity reveals the poetry of this union and referts to the Lagoon atmosphere. alcarol has patented an elaborate craftsmanship capable of filling only the empty spaces of the wood with a transparent resin capturing the underwater air bubbles that bring the wood back to the original look and conditions in the depths of the Venetian canals.

JETTY Coffee Table

JETTY Coffee Table - Coffee table by Alcarol

Alcarol > Coffee table

Jetty is a meeting place, a surface area of transition between liquid and solid. A floating space where wood and water are spoken, whispering incessantly, like waves raised by the boats that dock. alcarol has patented an elaborate and patient craftsmanship capable of filling only the empty spaces of the wood with a transparent resin and capturing the underwater air bubbles that bring the Venetian wood back to the original look and conditions. By filling the gaps left by shipworms with extraclear resin, alcarol achieves a new functionality with the poetic choice to bring the material beneath the water’s surface, freezing time at the end of its cycle and giving it a new life before it goes to waste.

FISHEYE Stool

FISHEYE Stool - Stool by Alcarol

Alcarol > Stool

Fisheye Stool is sculpted from a single cylindrical section of Venetian Briccola oak — a fragment of wood that once stood immersed in the lagoon, patiently shaped by salt, tides, and time. Its circular form becomes a lens, bending light and vision like the eye of a fish gliding beneath the waters of Venice. Through a transparent resin that fills the natural voids left by marine life, the piece captures air, bubbles, and reflections — transforming water’s movement into still clarity. The resin becomes a living membrane, magnifying the inner topography of the wood and preserving its outer skin untouched, as if the plank were seen through a liquid eye. From every angle, the cylindrical volume reveals a shifting perception — a fisheye view of submerged Venice, refracted and stilled within its transparent body. More than a stool or side table, Fisheye offers the gaze of a Venetian fish: an intimate, curved vision of a hidden underwater world, frozen in luminous calm.

CHIMENTI Table

CHIMENTI Table - Table by Alcarol

Alcarol > Table

The Chimenti Table is made of three planks obtained from the Venetian Briccole poles preserving their natural live edges corroded by decades of salt water and sculpted by the lagoon molluscs. In Venetian seafaring language, the Chimenti are the gaps between the boards forming a ship’s planking, where the master caulkers stuff the gaps with oakum soaked in tar and colofonia, a transparent vegetable resin. Not unlike this ancient work, the manufacture of this table use an innovative resination process capable of filling only the empty spaces with a transparent resin capturing the underwater air bubbles that bring the wood back to the original look and conditions. alcarol achieves a new functionality with the poetic choice to bring the material beneath the water’s surface, freezing time at the end of its cycle and giving it a new life before it goes to waste, transforming the tabletop in a kind of subaqueous section of Venetian poles. The section planes – through touch, sight and olfaction – allow to transcend the ordinary perception of a place. As the first patented product, the Chimenti Table marks a crucial milestone: the transformation of submerged wood into enduring art.

SUSANNA ISLAND

SUSANNA ISLAND - Table by Alcarol

Alcarol > Table

Susanna Island emerges like a small fragment of Venice — a portion of Briccola oak once immersed in the lagoon and now embraced by a veil of aquamarine resin. The wood, sculpted by salt, tides, and time, appears to resurface from its liquid past, while the resin flows around it like water turning to glass. Countless air bubbles remain suspended inside the translucent mass, tracing the contours of a quiet underwater landscape — an island adrift in stillness. The resin protects and preserves the timber it once mirrored, freezing a fleeting moment that could only exist in the Venetian lagoon. Resting on a rotating base, Susanna Island invites the viewer to slowly circumnavigate its shores, discovering a different reflection with every turn. It is more than a Lazy Susan: it is a luminous microcosm – a small, eternal Venice surfacing from water and memory.

BENT Bench

BENT Bench - Bench by Alcarol

Alcarol > Bench

The Bent Bench is born from a single plank of Venetian Briccola oak, its form gently rising, bending, and returning – an elegant gesture that spans space like a silent wave. The live edges, sculpted by salt and time, remain intact, while resin bands frame and protect the delicate margins, embracing the wood in a translucent sheath that echoes the lagoon’s flow. Through a refined process, wood grain meets seamlessly at corners, and resin flows uninterrupted with no visible seams, bestowing a purity of form. The bench becomes a continuous ribbon of memory and matter, where every curve is a whisper of water and wood in quiet conversation. This bench is more than seating: it is a passage between vertical and horizontal, a moment of Venice frozen in bending line. It invites touch, sight and stillness, as if holding space for the silent tides that shaped it.

ABYSS Lamp

ABYSS Lamp - Table lamp by Alcarol

Alcarol > Table lamp

Abyss is a true immersion into the depths of a Venetian canal — a luminous fragment of the lagoon captured in stillness. By gently touching the metal base, the light within responds like the shifting sun over Venice, varying in tone and intensity with each gesture, as if the weather itself breathed through the piece. When the light passes through the aquamarine transparency, it evokes the thrill of a sunbeam filtered through the lagoon waters, revealing the suspended air and hidden breath of Venice below. At its heart lies a genuine fragment of Briccola — the oak pole that has stood for decades in the lagoon, sculpted by salt, tides, and time. The result is a living cross-section of the underwater city: an echo of the abyss transformed into light, a vision of Venice seen from beneath its own surface.

Chimenti Bent Table

Chimenti Bent Table - Table by Alcarol

Alcarol > Table

The Chimenti Bent Table is composed of two planks of Venetian Briccola oak, each edge sculpted by salt, tides, and decades submerged in lagoon currents. These timbers — once part of Venice’s underwater architecture — bear the traces of molluscs and waterborne time. Flanking the wood, transparent resin borders trace rivers of glass — echoes of the water that once embraced the planks, now transformed into guardians of the wood’s form. These resin edges seal and protect the fragile boundaries shaped by nature, ensuring the preservation of a moment in flux made eternal. In the corners, the woodgrain aligns seamlessly, as though the desk were carved from a single bent piece. Through a refined process, the resin too appears as one continuous, unbroken layer—no visible seams between horizontal and vertical planes, honoring the unity of the form. That wood seems to flow like water. The plank rises, bends, and returns to earth, tracing a silent current that crosses space. The Chimenti Bent Table is at once functional and poetical: the memory of Venice flows within its edges, captured in resin.

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