Pattern MRZ-W
The face is solid walnut, set as vertical strips of varying width and thickness. Crossed, at irregular intervals, by the signature: short horizontal pieces of pale sun-bleached sapwood — raised slightly above the surface, set into the joints between columns.
The pattern reads at two scales. Across a room, a calm textured timber wall. Close to, a relief surface that shifts with the light — under directional or top lighting the dashes throw shadow; under flat ambient light the sapwood-to-heartwood contrast carries.
Hand-assembled on a birch plywood backing and finished with hard wax oil. Suitable for full-height feature walls, bar fronts, kitchen island side panels, furniture doors, and commercial installations — with fire-retardant and moisture-resistant variants for applications that call for them.
Materials specifications
Base Model
Moisture Resistant
Fire Retardant
IMO Marine specification
LEED upgrade
BASE MODEL SPECIFICATIONS:
- Columns: 67 mm wide, random lengths and thicknesses (4-8mm)
- Divider: 12 mm contrasting (or same colour) element
- Tile dimensions: 268 x 610 mm
- Material: solid American black walnut
- Element density: 150 per square meter.
- Finish: hard wax oil (matt)
- Base: 12mm birch plywood
- Machinable: Can be hand or machine cut
- LEAD TIMES: 3 to 6 weeks depending on quantity ordered
Two design levers
columns and dividers
columns
Dividers
Three controls
colour - size - concentration
Colour
Dividers can be specified to contrast with the columns or to match them. Contrasting dividers carry the pattern through tonal difference. Matched dividers carry it through shadow — particularly effective on lighter or more uniform timbers, where directional or top lighting brings the relief forward; under flat ambient light, the surface reads as a quiet uniform timber.
Size
Divider size can be changed where taller elements aren't practical, such as on furniture panels and cabinet doors
Concentration
Concentration shapes the character of the surface. Where the dashes sit on the panel — randomly distributed, centre-clustered, or arranged to a specific brief — defines how the surface reads. With the right lighting, a deliberate concentration can produce a cascading flow across a wall, or pull the viewer's eye toward a focal point.
Concentration Patterns
Handmade in the Royal Town of Sutton Coldfield, England.