Remarkable wood.
Considered objects.
Objects made from remarkable pieces of wood. Designed around what makes each one its own.
Explore the work
01 / Selected objects
A place to begin.
Ideas shaped by grain, proportion and purpose.
An open notebook for the work ahead.
3 objects shown
01Design studyThe quiet bench
A single plane of walnut. An edge left to tell its own story.
02Design studyBefore the first cut
A material study in grain, sapwood and the possibilities of an edge.
03Design studyEveryday, in walnut
A small object with a simple purpose. Made to be reached for.
These first entries are concept studies. Photography of completed pieces and their Wood Passports will replace the illustrations as the work develops.
02 / From piece to object
The story starts
before the first cut.
KORENA connects a piece of wood to its origin.
The Studio explores what it can become.
Selected on KORENA
One individual piece, chosen for its character.
Known by its passport
Origin, measurements and condition, documented.
Designed around the grain
The material informs the proportions and purpose.
Made into something lasting
A considered object, with its story still attached.
The person behind the workPortrait to follow03 / A note from the workshop
One person.
One piece at a time.
Remarkable wood deserves to be more than an anonymous cubic metre.
KORENA Studio is Pavel Nikolov’s space for developing objects in Sofia. A small, personal practice: selecting a known piece, following its character, and finding a useful form.
The workshop story will grow through real prototypes, practical experiments and the pieces that emerge from them.
04 / Let’s make something considered
Have a piece in mind?
Start a conversation.
A table, a desk, a small everyday object. Tell Pavel what you’re thinking about, and explore whether there’s a good fit.
Discuss an idea hello@korena.eu