Ledge Coffee Table, is made of solid ash with a black glass top and a mirror polished base. It stems from material exploration inspired by cliffs around the studio, making solid ash reference crumbling stone through layered hand carving. The Shale and Ledge Collections' name was inspired by the cliffs outside Simon Johns' studio, in the Missisquoi Valley in Quebec. Shale is a type of rock formation that tends to split and erode in layers, leaving behind a layered and random composition of textures. The mapping of the composition of this cliff was sketched on to the pieces of the collection, and carved out in layers, with a router and a chisel.