Ikal Stool Mid-Century Modern Once used by Spanish missionaries

Once used by Spanish missionaries for religious teaching

embodying a dialogue between elemental force and ancestral technique

where form becomes both functional and architectural gesture

When arranged together

The work invites the viewer into a still moment

Ikal Stool Mid-Century Modern Once used by Spanish missionariesCrafted from ebonized walnut and black cowhide, the Ikal Stool explores movement as a shared visual language across cultures and time. Its looping legs draw from both European meander patterns and the geometric fretwork of Mesoamerican architecture, where continuous lines and spiraling forms symbolized rhythm, breath, serpentine motion, and the flow between worlds.