most of the furniture made in our Shop, and l seldom liked it. l did not even like the wood we used for the best pieces: walnut l chose lightcolored ash for my bed and cupboard, and | made them so that they. l looked good on all sides,with the same wood and the same careful work back and front I disregarded the usual practice of expending less time and care on the back because no one ever sees it anyway. At long last l was able to round off the edges only slightly without being corrected, running the sandpaper swiftly and lightly over the edges to soften their sharpness without losing the elegance and fineness of the lines. l barely touched the corners where three edges meet l fitted the door of the cupboard into the frame at the front with a maximum of precision so
that it closed almost hermetically, with a gentle frictional resistance and a barely audible sound of escaping air. l felt good working on this cupboard. Making the precisely fitting joints and exact shapes to form a whole,a complete object that corresponded
to my inner vision,triggered in me a state of intense concentration,and the finished piece of furniture added a freshness to my environment.
6 The idea is the following: a long, narrow block of basalt stone projecting a good three stories out of the ground.The block is hollowed out on all sides until only a long middle rib and a number of transverse, horizontal ribs remain. Seen in cross-section, the imagined block now looks like a geometrical tree or the letter T with three horizontal strokes: a stone object on the outskirts of the Old Town, dark,almost black, mat, gleaming-and at the same time the load bearing and spatial structure of a three-story building-cast in dark stained cement, iointless, varnished with stone oil, with surfaces that feel like