Paul Foeckler, the head designer and founder of online shop Split Grain, was inspired by the inherent beauty of foraged firewood for his impressive Light Structure collection. He began experimenting with different cuts to the exterior textures and shapes of firewood he found in California forests, and soon found that “different splitting techniques followed by sawing the form into slices enhanced the cross sections and revealed even more incredible formations and imperceptible grain patterns.” On his website, Foeckler explains: “The repetition of slices heightened those qualities even more and the addition of light from within unlocked beautiful intricacies across the grain itself.”
