his table and chair#4 is a tribute to the utopian community of "the Shakers".

The H-shaped structure of this table is based on the "hancock dining table" (1800-1825). The upper table top is made of two hand-split planks, opened like a book to obtain symmetrically grain patterns along the top. One of the essential details of this piece is not visible and can only be guessed . Among other aspects, the mastery of a craftsman is to know the wood and to dialogue with it, in order to balance form and structure, taking into account the movements and transformations that a living thing like this will continue to develop according to the conditions of temperature, humidity and forces to which it is exposed over time. The plank of a table top can expand, shrink and curve and the key is to allow each movement necessary for the material to happen without the object loosing it’s integrity. In this case the table-top is attached to the legs that support it through a sophisticated development as can be seen in the detail drawing in the image above. The solution is a worktop that "floats" on the structure, i.e. there is no rigid joint, thus preventing the wood from cracking or warping.

A process such as the one used in this table is also a reflection of the ethical and philosophical approach that the author is pursuing. In this way Buschmann assures us that "the joints used to build with wood are not only aesthetic or purely constructive elements, but also metaphors for openings to new possibilities or metaphors for compromises, learning to accept limits but never the complete surrender of freedoms".