Stone Wooden Furniture Ruin India

Pale morning light cuts through heavy overcast skies to strike the horizon haze above a collapsed cloister in India. Half-buried ore carts sit amidst grey tailings, their metal frames rusted and dull. Beside the carts, a wooden table and chairs have partially turned to stone, yet the grain pattern remains etched into the rock surface. The stone texture is rough and grey, against the remaining organic wood fibers. Dust settles on the broken arches of the surrounding masonry. Shadows stretch long across the dry earth, at the base of the impossible transition between wood and stone. One crack runs through the backrest of the stone chair, revealing the unpolished mineral interior.