adze

For all the world it looks to have been made from wood, the stippling on the seat looking like the adzed marks on timber.

A deal was struck and the building, with its 30 cm (12 in) square adzed logs, is still at the core of Johnston's and McKeachie's lives.

DIVINE TRINITY: The adzed top surface is the remarkable feature of this mid 20thcentury nest of three tables in oak, by "Mouseman" Thompson.