Wonderwall Studios Saga
SAGA COLLECTION
SAGA COLLECTION GOLD LINE - BOG OAK
This wise man from the wetlands has a strong personality and demands the right space.
Thanks to the fact that it’s been lying in peat-bog for a couple of centuries Sage is richly textured and beautifully coloured with darks shades of brown and intense black. Each piece is whittled and chiselled by our craftsmen and variations are a mark of the hand. The panels are long and slender.
MATERIALS
BOG OAK
From the deep, out of the dark
Bog Oak is the household name for oak wood that has been buried in peat bog for hundreds and in some cases thousands of years. Peat – or turf – is a build-up of decaying organic matter. The trees, trunks and logs we reclaim are from large oak trees that were felled many moons ago by man or nature. During the centuries the wood sank ever deeper into the black mud, enriched and coloured by acids and minerals. The rich, dark shades of brown and intense blacks give Bog Oak its exclusive look.
WHAT IS BOG OAK?
Bog Oak is the household name for oak wood that has been buried in peat bog for hundreds and in some cases thousands of years. Yes, it’s old. Now here’s the science behind it: Peat – or turf – is a build-up of decaying organic matter. Anything buried in peat stays well preserved for millennia due to the absence of oxygen.
One of the oldest pieces of beautifully preserved Bog Oak to have been hauled to the surface was dated to be 8000 years old. The trees, trunks and logs we reclaim are from large oak trees that have been felled by man or nature. During the decades, centuries and millennia the wood has sunk ever deeper into the black mud. Deprived of oxygen the oak mummifies and is protected from decay. At the same time it is enriched and coloured by acids and minerals. Compare it to a whiskey that has been allowed to age for decades. The rich, dark shades of brown and intense blacks give Bog Oak its exclusive look. Bog Oak has been through a lot. It deserves the best; we intend to give it that.
WHERE CAN I FIND SOME?
You can’t. We can though. Bog Oak lies in bogs, rivers and mires. It is very hard to find and even harder to extract. First, divers must locate the oak. Secondly cranes are brought to these often isolated and always muddy locations to pull the wood out of the peat bog. Once out of the peat, the oak needs to be immersed directly into water until we’re ready to process it further. It is a time-consuming and difficult task. The intensive process of reclaiming Bog Oak and the fact that the supply is limited makes it very exclusive.
Bog Oak is hard to find, hard to get and beautiful to look at. It gives us sweaty palms, causes palpitations and deprives us of sleep and appetite. Okay, we’ll admit it: We’ve fallen in love again.
REFERENCE
BB INTERIOR · NETHERLANDS
Our wise man from the wetlands on fire in the BB Interior shop, one of our professional dealers in the Netherlands – Rotterdam.
WHEN: 2016
WHERE: Netherlands
PLANKEN WAMBUIS · NETHERLANDS
WHEN: 2014
WHERE: Netherlands
MON CHOCOLAT · BELGIUM
Our ‘Sage’ panels is Chocolat paradise, Mon Chocolat, Oordegem.
WHEN: 2017
WHERE: Belgium
