The European Larch tree is native to the Alps. It's very cold tolerant, able to survive winter temperatures down to at least -50 °C, and is among the tree line trees in these mountains, reaching 2500 m altitude. Sometimes this brave mountain tree grows...
alcarol retrieved blocks of local stone from an abandoned quarry. This stone is partially covered with native mosses and lichens giving it a surface that captures the geographical maps of the Dolomite’s mountains. In the...
Alcarol recovered some unusual black trunks of Oak trees lain in a small Alpine peat. The radiocarbon dating has revealed their age: the fifth century before Christ. Peatland is a wet area that accumulates deposit of...
Alcarol recovered some unusual black trunks of Oak trees lain in a small Alpine peat. The radiocarbon dating has revealed their age: the fifth century before Christ. Peatland is a wet area that accumulates deposit of dead plant...
alcarol recover discarded pieces of logs from the undergrowth of the Italian Dolomite mountains and preserve the natural bark surface , which is embedded in a resin resembling the water that generated their life. The design engages with...
alcarol recover discarded pieces of willow log from the undergrowth of the Italian Dolomite mountains and preserve the natural bark surface with its native populations of plants, which are embedded in a resin resembling the...
Phellem is the outermost layer of the tree bark, and this collection treatise on its incredibly fascinating biodiversity unveiling any range of colors and the most unimaginable textures. When bark is damaged a natural defense mechanism intervenes,...
Phellem is the outermost layer of the tree bark, and this collection treatise on its incredibly fascinating biodiversity. When bark is damaged a natural defense mechanism intervenes, a complex liquid substance hardens in contact with air...
The Fungi Stool is a block of wood obtained from a dead walnut tree with its native populations of fungi, inside and outside the log. The final stages in the life cycle of a tree attracts specialised fungi organisms which attack the wood...
The Fungi Stool is a block of wood obtained from a dead Poplar tree with its native populations of fungi, inside and outside the log. The final stages in the life cycle of a tree attracts specialised fungi organisms which attack the wood...