Roha Table

The table as a sacred landscape  

The Roha table is designed on commission to welcome the sacred into the home and celebrate a unique connection to place.

The wood expresses the qualities of the land and is inset with brass to mark the elements of connection throughout the landscape.

The table featured in the image is a private commission made from a single piece of 400 year old Scottish oak for a home in Somerset, UK. Embedded with brass markings that depict the way of the land and sacred towers around the river Brue (other markings include Glastonbury Tor, Bruton Dovecote and King Alfred’s Tower).

The surface of the table can be read like a hawk eye map of Somerset.

Bespoke versions made to order.

—details

—Roha

—brass connection pegs

“When making the piece I held this idea of something that could be cherished and last for future generations. The Oak tree that this table is made from once grew in an estate in Scotland and is approximately 400 years old...British oaks and especially Scottish ones are known for their special grain and pattern within the surface of the wood - because of imbuing the weathers and winds of the Atlantic ocean. This brings magical twists and twirls into the patterns of the grain. For me these twists echo the movement of waters through the land, through the Somerset levels - to which the surface corresponds to - the inset edge corresponding to the coast line.  The wood and proportion of the piece resonate calming qualities - evoking a sense of contemplation.  ."

​—Craig 2020