The “måne” series of delicately carved moons summon visions of the palely-lit twilight of deep winter in the Nordic region. Embodying the waxing-waning edge of the moon’s cycle through panels of Danish ash illuminated by internal LEDs, each sculpture bears the name of one of dozens of planetary moons across the solar system. As with much of Egeværk’s furniture, the sculptures’ elegant finish brings out the nuanced grain of the wood, which shares something of the illusory contours and shadowy concavities visible on our own moon’s surface.
Tethys is Saturn’s fifth largest moon and orbits 183,000 miles / 295,000 kilometers from Saturn, taking 45.3 hours to circle the planet. Tethys is tidally locked in phase with its parent planet — the same side always faces toward Saturn. In Greek mythology, Tethys was a Titan daughter of Uranus and Gaia, a sister and wife of the Titan Oceanus, and the mother of the river gods and the Oceanids.
Ø 140 cm, Danish ash with bone finish and LED Light. Unique year 2023.
Top photo: Joe Kramm for Hostler Burrows