The Nerikomi Notch Side Table will be exhibited at Design Miami with Friends ArtSpace in December 2025.

These are an edition of 20. Please inquire here if interested.

The Nerikomi Notch represents the culmination of years spent refining my Nerikomi Wood technique, a process rooted in repetition, patience, and a commitment to sustainability. By distilling the object into a seemingly simple notched cylinder, I invite the maximal, expressive nature of the Nerikomi-patterned plywood to take the lead. The form becomes a quiet frame—an unobstructed stage on which the material can speak for itself—allowing viewers to encounter its intricacies without interference.

The piece functions with equal ease as a table or side table, yet its silhouette gestures toward a freshly felled tree. The notches echo the very cuts that bring down a trunk, referencing the moment when raw material transitions from living organism to possibility. In this way, Notch becomes both an homage to origin and a meditation on transformation—an exploration of how pattern, process, and form can hold the memory of where an object comes from as much as what it becomes.

Dimensions: 15” diameter x 18” tall

Materials: scrap plywood

Designed by Trey Jones in 2025