The round matumi slab positioned centrally on the single cone-shaped leg bustles with energy and vibrancy. The dining table is designed in two separate parts, the table top and the leg, ensuring easier manoeuvering of the very heavy matumi slab. A circular ridge has been carved underneath the top slab for carrying ease.
Ernst was born into a wood-crafting family in Austria, spending his early years in his father’s woodworking factory. Later, he competed his apprenticeship at the family factory, specialising in bespoke commissioned and custom-made furniture. Ernst dream was to gain experience in wood design and crafting all over the world and finally reached South Africa in 1968 where the warm, sunny climate and landscape abundant in beautiful indigenous trees attracted him. He has been designing custom-made furniture since then, spending time creating and training other woodworkers in this unique craft.
Ernst Mittermair