Timo Table
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This table has been constructed using the Baltic Pine/Oregon hatch-planks from the coastal trader Timo, steel and anchor chain.
The Swedish ship, originally Racken, was built in 1949. She came to New Zealand in the mid 80s, where she earned her keep as a coastal trader. During this time she was re-named several times, finally ending up as Timo. See more information about her history and specifications here and in the New Zealand Maritime News 39(2), 1989 and 44(1), 1995.
Unfortunately due to circumstances unknown, she was abandoned in Tauranga and finally dismantled in 1994 at the old Harbour Boards’ slipway in Auckland. The artist purchased the hatch planks when the vessel was alongside the Viaduct wharf. He was working in the harbour, having recently returned to Auckland after signing off a Norwegian square-rigger, where he’d held the position of Chief Engineer. It was a chance encounter as he was on his way to work on another vessel when he saw a couple of the planks on the wharf and went aboard to talk with the owner. By the time he’d hired a truck and come back to collect them, someone else had already tried to gazump his offer. Luckily the owner was a man of his word.
The planks have been sealed with three coats of Maxiproof UV resistant polyurethane to make them durable, giving this table the potential to last as long as Timo did herself.
It took many years for the artist to finally come up with suitable legs to enhance these spectacular, munty-grunty, much-travelled hatch planks; producing a fusion of timber, steel, time and travel.
To match the condition of the steel in the hatch planks, the table legs underwent daily spraying with sea-water for a period of one year at the coastal settlement of Bethells /Te Henga. Once weathered, the legs were treated with a rust converter and primer, and then sprayed with four coats of clear lacquer.
The table is very robust and breaks down in to five pieces for transportation.
The table suits many environments and genres, and will always be admired and a conversation piece wherever it finally berths.
The Swedish ship, originally Racken, was built in 1949. She came to New Zealand in the mid 80s, where she earned her keep as a coastal trader. During this time she was re-named several times, finally ending up as Timo. See more information about her history and specifications here and in the New Zealand Maritime News 39(2), 1989 and 44(1), 1995.
Unfortunately due to circumstances unknown, she was abandoned in Tauranga and finally dismantled in 1994 at the old Harbour Boards’ slipway in Auckland. The artist purchased the hatch planks when the vessel was alongside the Viaduct wharf. He was working in the harbour, having recently returned to Auckland after signing off a Norwegian square-rigger, where he’d held the position of Chief Engineer. It was a chance encounter as he was on his way to work on another vessel when he saw a couple of the planks on the wharf and went aboard to talk with the owner. By the time he’d hired a truck and come back to collect them, someone else had already tried to gazump his offer. Luckily the owner was a man of his word.
The planks have been sealed with three coats of Maxiproof UV resistant polyurethane to make them durable, giving this table the potential to last as long as Timo did herself.
It took many years for the artist to finally come up with suitable legs to enhance these spectacular, munty-grunty, much-travelled hatch planks; producing a fusion of timber, steel, time and travel.
To match the condition of the steel in the hatch planks, the table legs underwent daily spraying with sea-water for a period of one year at the coastal settlement of Bethells /Te Henga. Once weathered, the legs were treated with a rust converter and primer, and then sprayed with four coats of clear lacquer.
The table is very robust and breaks down in to five pieces for transportation.
The table suits many environments and genres, and will always be admired and a conversation piece wherever it finally berths.
