{"id":1040,"date":"2012-07-11T11:58:54","date_gmt":"2012-07-11T15:58:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nicoyektai.com\/blog\/?p=1040"},"modified":"2012-07-11T12:06:52","modified_gmt":"2012-07-11T16:06:52","slug":"circle-bench-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nicoyektai.com\/blog\/furniture\/circle-bench-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Circle Bench #1"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have just completed and installed my largest piece to date. Circle Bench #1 measures nearly 20 feet in diameter. This bench was commissioned to encircle a very large Copper Beech Tree. The circular composition uses sweeping bent laminations to build up the structure, one piece at a time. There are numerous seating areas and tables which encourage people to sit, relax and interact. Pictured before installation onsite to demonstrate the potential for public placements, both indoor and outdoor.<\/span><\/p>\n

The bench was inspired by the tree, but I was delighted to document it before the installation.<\/p>\n

I approached the piece as a 360 degree sculpture that incorporated a number of micro environments. The organizing principle was the circle and the and the long bent laminations that built up the form.<\/p>\n

Here is a link to a post at the beginning of the design process<\/a><\/p>\n

Without further delay here are the pictures of the bench:<\/p>\n

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I had to pose for one shot!
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Bending jig with my custom clamps at the ready<\/p>\n

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The laminations coming off of my bandsaw.
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It got awfully crowded in my shop!
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Circle bench in pieces in my shop.
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The day i installed it. I will post more pictures after the photo-shoot.
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I have just completed and installed my largest piece to date. Circle Bench #1 measures nearly 20 feet in diameter. This bench was commissioned to encircle a very large Copper Beech Tree. The circular composition uses sweeping bent laminations to build up the structure, one piece at a time. There are numerous seating areas and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-furniture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicoyektai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicoyektai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicoyektai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicoyektai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicoyektai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1040"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/nicoyektai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1040\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1046,"href":"https:\/\/nicoyektai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1040\/revisions\/1046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicoyektai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicoyektai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicoyektai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}