Dolomyth Stool
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...
PeatLand Black Stool
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...
Stump Stool _ Willow
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...
Fungi Stool
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...
Fungi Stool
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...
Stump Stool _ Oak
alcarol recover discarded pieces of logs from the undergrowth of the Italian Dolomite mountains and preserve the natural bark surface with their native populations of plants, which are embedded in a resin resembling the water...
Stump Stool _ Larch
alcarol recover discarded pieces of logs from the undergrowth of the Italian Dolomite mountains and preserve the natural bark surface with their native populations of plants, which are embedded in a resin resembling the water...
Fungi Stool
The Fungi Stool is a block of wood obtained from a dead Apple 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...
Mareale Stool
Mareale is a stool with adjustable height made from a slice of Venetian pole surrounded by a special transparent resin that encompasses and protects the precious and jagged edge carved by the lagoon shipworms. As the excursion of...
Anchor Stool
alcarol main action is sectioning. The foundations of Venice consist of thousands of timber poles, driven into the lagoon’s caranto layer – a mixture of solid clay and sand situated at great depths. During their stay...