This project explores the intersection of natural decay and design intervention by defining the negative form of a field maple burl—sculpted by the feeding traces of carpenter ants—as a functional biofact. While the refinement of the wood’s surface preserves the biological process of its creation as an ornamental relief, the support structure of industrial stainless steel rods provides a deliberate contrast.

Drawing from the museum practice of mountmaking, the armature is understood not as a neutral support, but as an integral component of the composition. It becomes a visible design element that translates the wooden shell into a functional context. The design evades a singular definition, oscillating between documentation and utility. It manifests a search for an architecture of the found, where function is not manufactured, but discovered within the material itself.