2026 / Bunka
BUNKA TOTEM
BUNKA TOTEM is a sculptural furniture piece made from reclaimed wood sourced in Bayelsa, an area impacted by deforestation and extractive industry.
Category
Art
Status
Sculptural Furniture
Role
Object Design
Context
Bunka Series
Focus
ArtFurnitureSustainability
Reclaimed wood shaped into quiet resilience.
Context
Material once linked to harm becomes renewal.
The work transforms reclaimed wood once connected to ecological harm into a form of quiet resilience, drawing attention to sustainability, cultural memory, and the power of craft to renew what has been damaged or discarded.
Object Language
A vertical totem that preserves its past.
Shaped into a vertical totem structure, the piece preserves the wood's natural curves, weathering, and surface scars as visible records of its history rather than concealing them.
Details
Reclaimed Bayelsa wood
Vertical totem structure
Natural curves and surface scars
Sustainable furniture object
Cultural References
Bayelsa
Cultural memory
Sustainable craft
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