The first thing up is a collection of carved teak wall tile that goes by the name Indah. Indah means beautiful in Indonesian. There's a clear Indonesian influence at work here, and it's not just the material that's driving it. This collection is Indonesia through western eyes and the effect is stunning. To these western eyes at any rate.
12" x 12"
circles
12" x 12"
thumbprint
12" x 12"
weave
12" x 12"
acanthus leaf
12" x 12"
banana leaf
12" x 12"
horizontal lines
12" x 12"
horizontal waves
Not to rest on their laurels, Ann Sacks has another, smaller collection in wood too. The second collection is called Bosque. Bosque uses FSC-certified Eastern Walnut, Brazilia Cherry Jatoba or Caribbean Teak Chichipate and everything's finished in low-VOC sealers. Here are some examples from the Bosque collection.
2" x 8" low, medium and high fields in eastern black walnut
4" x 4" low, medium and high fields in caribbean teak chichipate
4" x 4" pillow field in caribbean teak chichipate
Beautiful stuff all of it.
As a side note, Ann Sacks' landing page is featuring their Beau Monde collection right now.
Beau Monde is conceived and manufactured by Sara Baldwin, a great friend of this blog. Brava Sara! So go feast your eyes on some Beau Monde after you're finished checking out Ann Sacks' other great discovery --wood.
Love it, but I wonder how it attaches. Surely not mastic and grout.
ReplyDeleteI'd wager that it uses a synthetic mastic. The tiles in the Bosque collection sure look like they've been grouted... I saw the Indah stuff in Chicago and it's just left with small gaps between the tiles. It's beautiful stuff, the Indah. It looks like it's a hundred years old right out of the box.
ReplyDeletethese are incredible Paul-
ReplyDeleteYou should see them installed. Wowee!
ReplyDeletesomehow i just saw your note at the end of this blog hawking our beau monde line for ann sacks. THANK YOU DEAR PAUL!
ReplyDeleteI never miss an opportunity to plug you guys. Congrats on ending up on their landing page!
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