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material. Tod von Mertens, who works from a farm in New Hampshire, creates tables and credenzas, among other pieces, from steel and wood, incorporating his training as sculptor and welder into an aesthetic that merges the rough and the smooth, the rugged and the elegant. Palo Samko, based in Brooklyn, builds furniture from salvaged wood, cherishing its imperfections, showcasing rather than excising them. One of the images on his website, of a pile of furniture in flames, points to the crucible of use, even destruction, which constitutes Samko's chosen fund of material. One thinks of Japanese sculptors who carve wood salvaged from old temples HYLAND Jan Kath