Teak and Resin Cube, Andrianna Shamaris, 2014.

Two organic materials come together to create an effect that is at once natural and otherworldly in this teak and cracked resin side table from Andrianna Shamaris. The process begins with carefully selected pieces of salvaged teak, gathered by Shamaris from near her studio in Sumatra, Indonesia. “Old wood has so many different tones to it—greys and golds—and natural crevices,” she says. “When filled with cracked resin of a certain thickness, the result resembles a quartz crystal. These pieces are like little jewels.”