Burnt wood table sculpture with yakisugi technique and wabi-sabi decor philosophy by sculptor Dean Marino

Titolo: " Passage "

Artist: Dean Marino

Used material: Wood,Stone.

Measures: 30x40x18 cm approx

Technique: Yakisugi

Philosophy: wabi-sabi

Certificate of authenticity included

Single Piece.

Hand Signed

The images are an example.


Unique and personal: handmade and made especially for you (do not care about one already made before).

Exclusive! You will be able to decide the title of the work (if it is a gift also the name of the person to whom it is intended) which will be shown on the certificate of authenticity and therefore that will be the official name of the sculpture.

Write your desired name in the personalization options.

Totally sustainable and natural work: we only use natural materials

Made from cedar from Lebanon.

Wabi-sabi decor.

Minimalist decor.

The artist's works are present in Italy, France, Germany, Belgium, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain, Holland, Austria and in the United States
You will receive a similar sculpture in shape, size and color but it will be a unique piece carved just for you.
The unique and unrepeatable veins and the workmanship performed by hand by the sculptor Dean Marino, guarantee you to own a unique object, with a certificate of authenticity included and signed by hand.
I need 3-5 days to get it and deliver it to the courier.



Presentation by Dino Santina (director of the Brescian Artists Associations)

Dean Marino (Marino Piotti)

A seven-hectare atelier to create his sculptures
An adult vocation, a self made artist, a great freedom of expression. Here is Marino, there is no need to ask him many questions because he is a river in flood (like his Mella, which comes from the Maniva and flows into the Oglio after 96 kilometers, when it is swollen after heavy rains).
On the other hand he worked as a merchant for a lifetime, he did not talk about art and only in 2019 did he discover his vein, following, as much as he needs, the wabi sabi, the Japanese philosophy that praises simplicity and imperfection in the beauty that passes.
In his mountain house, surrounded by seven hectares of meadows and woods, together with his dogs and goats, he finds energy, inspiration, he does not draw, he does not paint, he chooses the materials, recycled wood, stones without hiding their defects, indeed them exalts with the work of his hands, under the dictation of the heart and intuition.
On the other hand - he says - Mother Teresa of Calcutta was a physically small woman, not beautiful, she came from Albania, a country then behind the curtain, yet she became a great world star, known, loved, appreciated.
And he did good, so much good.
Here the art of Marino Piotti is a bit like the human story of this nun. He does not cut the tree, when a living being, like a piece of wood, like the pole of a roller shutter, has finished its use, he takes it back and makes him come back to life with his art, with his honest message.
Sometimes he also works metal as if to redeem it from the damnatio ad metalla, the sentence to forced labor practiced in ancient Rome
The works of Marino Piotti, depending on their size, can be placed on the table, in the entrance of the house, in a corner of the room. They are not furnishings, they are not furnishings, they are works of art that adorn your home; they are regenerated material with a new life that temper the spirit and wisdom of our daily life.
Many have understood this and in fact closely, as from France, the United States and elsewhere, want the sculptures of Dean Marino.

Technique used Yakisugi.

Yakisugi (焼 杉) is a traditional Japanese method of preserving wood.
Yaki means to heat with fire and sugi is cypress. In the West it is referred to as burnt wood veneer and also known as shou sugi ban (焼 杉 板) which uses the same kanji characters but an incorrect pronunciation.
The ban character means "table".
By slightly carbonizing the surface of the wood without burning the entire piece, the wood becomes impermeable through carbonization and is therefore more resistant.
It also protects against insects, as well as making the wood fire.

Permeated by the Wabi-sabi philosophy.

Wabi-sabi (侘 寂) constitutes a Japanese worldview, or aesthetic, founded on the acceptance of the transience and imperfection of things. This view, sometimes described as "imperfect, impermanent and incomplete beauty" derives from the Buddhist doctrine of anitya (impermanence).

Natural treatment with cooked linseed oil.


Marino Piotti, aka Dean Marino, born in 1982 is originally from Valtrompia. Since he was a boy he has lived a visceral relationship with the elements of his own land. Since 2019 he has been making artifacts with natural elements such as wood and iron, giving them a new life, and constantly maintaining the strong link with his origins.
Its goal is to create an essential connection between man and nature.
Its mission is the regeneration of matter.