Wooden sculptures are functional furniture – Design by Peter Rolfe

The sculptural furniture by Peter Rolfe is an extravagant addition to the modern home. In his offering, the English designer and carpenter creates wooden sculptures shaped like the human body, rosebuds, spheres and more, depending on preference. For his works, Rolfe uses traditional methods and modern woodworking. Abstract drawers, jewelry boxes and sculptural installations are made in the UK.

Abstract wood carvings: the human body at the heart of art

The focus of contemporary performing art is often the idealized human body. A shapely body can convey aesthetics, beauty and human purity to the viewer. Rolfe also places the human body at the center of his creative work. The model is translated into surfaces and reliefs. The human body is made of birch wood. The drawer wooden sculptures are not only innovative and provocative, but also very practical. Various things can be stored in the drawers.

The beauty of the female body

Woodcarving with drawers

The human body as a source of inspiration for wood carvings

Drawers by Peter Rolfe

Drawer sculpture inspired by the male body

Practical and aesthetic wood carving

Wood carvings by Rolfe hover on the border between design and art. Pandora’s Box is a beautiful jewelry box with dimensions of 140 mm x 200 mm. Oak root, amboyna wood, ebony, Macassar ebony and other woods were used in its manufacture.

Sculptural furniture design: extravagant creations

Bud is a maple-wood jewelry box with dimensions of 310 mm x 180 mm. Each petal, similar to an unfolding rosebud, opens in a specific order.

Jewelry box in an eccentric form

Wood carvings with drawers

The Orb drawer sculpture with dimensions of 1500 mm x 600 mm x 600 mm

Drawer sculptures

Wooden sculptures shaped like spheres