"Ideas are like a sequoia tree. It starts small as a germinating seed. It only becomes something really big when it finds optimal conditions and grows piece by piece. The result is predictable in principle, but surprising and unique in detail."

It is impossible to escape the fascination of fossil treasures. There is reverence and humility for what has been unearthed from the earth. The story that Baumstein has to tell is too impressive:

Of ancient forests. Of the elemental forces of the earth. Of time. A piece of petrified sequoia from seam IV of the Espenhain open-cast lignite mine finds its way to Mathias Scheffel's wood workshop via various paths and hands. As a master carpenter, he creates solid wood furniture with the utmost care. Purist in design. Timeless and with heirloom character. A new process begins with the encounter of the stone wood, a new idea is born. Precious coffee tables are created, combined with an equally precious metal: bronze. At his side: Frances Luisa Frühauf, who specializes in interior design and feng shui. With the expertise of the qualified interior designer, the idea grows and matures in a constant exchange until the stone wood becomes tree stone. Until fossil wood enters into a symbiosis with metal. Until a piece of primeval sequoia becomes a unique table.