An object with a primordial, quintessential appeal, al most the archetype of the cutting board: a simple slice of a tree trunk that retains all the tangible, substantial presence of its origins, displaying the annual growth rings that indicate the age of the tree from which it was cut, a board where the gesture of the knife acquires an ancestral dimension that bespeaks eternity. A recess all around the perimeter accommodates a me tal band to reinforce the structure in a perfect
combination.