http://www.thesculpturewebsite.co.uk/mild-steel-c485.html
good source of all types of sculptures
Tuesday, 1 April 2014
Dublin spire - tallest sculpture in the world by Architect
The spire was designed by Ian Ritchie Architects,[3] who sought an "Elegant and dynamic simplicity bridging art and technology". The contract was awarded to SIAC-Radley JV and it was manufactured by Radley Engineering of Dungarvan, County Waterford, and erected by SIAC Construction Ltd. The first section was installed on 18 December 2002.[4] Five additional 20 m (66 ft) sections were added with the last one installed on 21 January 2003. The spire is an elongated cone of diameter 3 m (9.8 ft) at the base, narrowing to 15 cm (5.9 in) at the top. Construction of the world's tallest sculpture was delayed because of difficulty in obtaining planning permission and environmental regulations. It is constructed from eight hollow tubes of stainless steel and features a tuned mass damper, designed by engineers Arup, to counteract sway. The steel underwent shot peening in order to subtly reflect the light falling on it.
The pattern around the base of the Spire is based on a core sample of earth and rock formation taken from the ground where the spire stands. The pattern was applied by bead blasting the steel through rubber stencil masks whose patterns were created by water jet cutting based on core sample drawings supplied by the contractor.[5]
During the day it maintains its steel look, but at dusk the monument appears to merge into the sky. The base of the monument is lit and the top 12 m (39 ft) is illuminated to provide a beacon in the night sky across the city.
Topiary Joe : Joe Kyte
http://www.thesculpturewebsite.co.uk/topiary-joe-i148.html
Cool Wire Sculpture of Porsche Numero Uno!
I would have this PORSCHE Numero Uno sculpture in my yard any day…!!
LOVE !
It rolls, steers and you can sit in her and pretend you are shifting through the gears in your own garden. It is based on the first 356 in 1948 and is lovingly sculpted to show the lines, with just a little bit of greenery for contrast.
Somebody spent a lot of time, and probably did it just for the love of PORSCHE ! When covered with vine it will be a living sculpture. Add that one to your list of garden projects, your spouse will roll eyes for sure.
Impressive!!
Topiary Sculpture Art by Topiary Joe
1948 Porsche 356 Roadster – the good Doctor’s First. She rolls and steers but the brakes are to fear- By Joe Kyte
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What
is Topiary? Topiary is the art of creating sculpture in the medium of
clipped trees, shrubbery and vines. Joe Kyte provides traditional
cutting frames of all sizes yes, but he goes way beyond that! Topiary
Joe builds giant planted Source: Porsche Doc created by Joe Kyte back up in the hills of East Tennessee.
jewelry from pottery : Nozomi Project; Upcycled Jewelry by Yuma Fujimaki
Shards of Hope: Jewelry made from pottery broken by Japan's tsunami (Video)
Many lives were shattered when the tsunami hit Japan's eastern coast in 2011, leaving not only immediate tragedy but lasting environmental impacts around Fukushima's destroyed nuclear reactor.
One of the most devastated areas was Ishinomaki, a city of 130,000
about three hours north of Fukushima. While many are slowly rebuilding,
there is still much to be done to heal the psychological trauma stemming
from this unprecedented disaster.
Striving to find life after the wreckage is the Nozomi Project, a social enterprise that trains affected women and grandmothers in the making of beautiful jewelry from the pottery shards found in the tsunami's aftermath.
© The Nozomi Project
© The Nozomi Project
Originating from a Christian missionary network, this hopeful project ("nozomi" means hope in Japanese) is giving participants valuable skills, sustainable income, while also providing them a safe place to connect and share their ongoing struggles, three years after the devastation. Check out this video from Asian Access:
© The Nozomi Project
© The Nozomi Project
Each of the women working with The Nozomi Project has created a collection of her own to honour a loved one, featuring shards of the stunning pottery that Japan is so famous for. Meticulously crafted in a setting of collective healing and hope, The Nozomi Project is a wonderful example of long-term aid that takes into account of wounds that may take longer to heal than re-building mere buildings. More over at The Nozomi Project.
[Hat tip to reader Alex who alerted us to this wonderful project.]
Striving to find life after the wreckage is the Nozomi Project, a social enterprise that trains affected women and grandmothers in the making of beautiful jewelry from the pottery shards found in the tsunami's aftermath.
© The Nozomi Project© The Nozomi ProjectOriginating from a Christian missionary network, this hopeful project ("nozomi" means hope in Japanese) is giving participants valuable skills, sustainable income, while also providing them a safe place to connect and share their ongoing struggles, three years after the devastation. Check out this video from Asian Access:
© The Nozomi Project© The Nozomi ProjectEach of the women working with The Nozomi Project has created a collection of her own to honour a loved one, featuring shards of the stunning pottery that Japan is so famous for. Meticulously crafted in a setting of collective healing and hope, The Nozomi Project is a wonderful example of long-term aid that takes into account of wounds that may take longer to heal than re-building mere buildings. More over at The Nozomi Project.
[Hat tip to reader Alex who alerted us to this wonderful project.]
Junked $20 construction trailer transformed into cozy office space
Junked $20 construction trailer transformed into cozy office space
Creating a small, livable space of one's dreams
can be realized through a variety of ways, be it retrofitting an old
camper trailer, building a tiny home from scratch, or renovating a
shipping container. This beautiful, cozy office space is actually a
discarded construction trailer purchased for USD $20.
Seen over at Designboom, Ghent, Belgium-based owners Kris and Griet collaborated with architect Karel Verstraeten to create this attractive work pod that was once a construction trailer which was salvaged locally, and brought to the back of their garden by a farmer neighbour.
© Karel Verstraeten
The existing cladding was completely replaced with oak wood on the exterior, while on the interior, a clean impression is imparted with bent plywood. Minimal but clever slatting allow for flexible shelving and partitioning of space, so that the trailer can be used as a sunlit reading nook or as an office to burn the midnight oil.
© Karel Verstraeten
© Karel Verstraeten
A single rounded window now punctuates the shell, and the curvilinear theme is repeated in the form of the rounded roof.
© Karel Verstraeten
© Karel Verstraeten
This is a lovely space that can pass by almost incognito; more over at Designboom and Karel Verstraeten's site.
Seen over at Designboom, Ghent, Belgium-based owners Kris and Griet collaborated with architect Karel Verstraeten to create this attractive work pod that was once a construction trailer which was salvaged locally, and brought to the back of their garden by a farmer neighbour.
© Karel VerstraetenThe existing cladding was completely replaced with oak wood on the exterior, while on the interior, a clean impression is imparted with bent plywood. Minimal but clever slatting allow for flexible shelving and partitioning of space, so that the trailer can be used as a sunlit reading nook or as an office to burn the midnight oil.
© Karel Verstraeten© Karel VerstraetenA single rounded window now punctuates the shell, and the curvilinear theme is repeated in the form of the rounded roof.
© Karel Verstraeten© Karel VerstraetenThis is a lovely space that can pass by almost incognito; more over at Designboom and Karel Verstraeten's site.
tiny house / Bunkie
http://www.treehugger.com/tiny-houses/digital-fabrication-meets-tiny-house-bunkie.html
CC BY 2.0 Lloyd Alter
Digital fabrication meets the Tiny House with the Bunkie
A bunkie is an Ontario cottage tradition, a
separate building without a kitchen where guests can stay if there isn't
enough room in the cottage. Less traditionally, there as been an
explosion of interest in sheds, as home offices or studios, since they
can often be built without permits if they are less than a specified
area, usually about a hundred square feet.
The Bunkie is a response to the demand for "a prefabricated space that offers the perfect sanctuary along life's journey." Launched last year, it got coverage by Matt on our sister site MNN but I took a pass on it then. That fake chimney shape! It made the whole thing look like it was designed by a four-year-old. Form follows function may be a cliché, but this just isn't done. Then there's that huge amount of glass that turned it into a see-through. What about privacy? Comfort and thermal control?
Lloyd Alter/CC BY 2.0
However when I first walked up to it at the Cottage Life Show in Toronto, I realized the genius of it; that it is a form that just makes you smile, that has so many associations and memories. That archetypal shape just makes you feel at home. It defines home. Inside, those two glass walls make it dramatic and feel a lot more spacious than an 8'6 wide room normally would.
Lloyd Alter/CC BY 2.0
Inside, the Bunkie is seriously practical and clever. A murphy bed pulls down from one wall;
Lloyd Alter/CC BY 2.0
But the other wall is magical. Flat folding chairs and a table clip on to storage units, completely disappearing; a surprising amount of storage surrounds the ethanol fireplace, which cranks out enough heat to keep the place comfy.
Lloyd Alter/CC BY 2.0
Here's a closeup of that disappearing folding chair. Designer Evan Bare is an old hand at this kind of stuff; at 608|Design he describes how he does it:
Bunkie Project from COUP D'ETAT on Vimeo.
That skill with digital fabrication is displayed in the design and construction of the entire unit, as you can see in this video. The walls and roof are assembled from plywood cassettes that are easy to ship and carry,made from plywood cut on a CNC router, in a fashion similar to FACIT system shown on TreeHugger before.
© Bunkie
I am clearly not alone in having reservations about the chimney thing; they have to explain in the FAQ section that it has been engineered to take the snow loads and to ensure proper runoff. But Nathan Buhler and his team are anything but doctrinaire; they offer other versions without the chimney, a solid wall on one side and another, and another that has a lot less glass, and costs less too. And I must admit, the chimney is not devoid of function; it adds a lot of space for storage and does make the interior more dramatic.
© Bunkie
They are not missing out on the shedworking crowd either, noting that this would work very well as a home office.
Lloyd Alter/CC BY 2.0
Nathan Buhler, who collaborated with Evan Bare in the Bunkie project, pointed out so many interesting and well-thought out design and construction details. This is a well-designed and beautifully put together unit that will be comfortable as a bunkie or an office, with or without that chimney. Starting at C$ 21,900. More at Bunkie.co
The Bunkie is a response to the demand for "a prefabricated space that offers the perfect sanctuary along life's journey." Launched last year, it got coverage by Matt on our sister site MNN but I took a pass on it then. That fake chimney shape! It made the whole thing look like it was designed by a four-year-old. Form follows function may be a cliché, but this just isn't done. Then there's that huge amount of glass that turned it into a see-through. What about privacy? Comfort and thermal control?
Lloyd Alter/CC BY 2.0However when I first walked up to it at the Cottage Life Show in Toronto, I realized the genius of it; that it is a form that just makes you smile, that has so many associations and memories. That archetypal shape just makes you feel at home. It defines home. Inside, those two glass walls make it dramatic and feel a lot more spacious than an 8'6 wide room normally would.
Lloyd Alter/CC BY 2.0Inside, the Bunkie is seriously practical and clever. A murphy bed pulls down from one wall;
Lloyd Alter/CC BY 2.0But the other wall is magical. Flat folding chairs and a table clip on to storage units, completely disappearing; a surprising amount of storage surrounds the ethanol fireplace, which cranks out enough heat to keep the place comfy.
Lloyd Alter/CC BY 2.0Here's a closeup of that disappearing folding chair. Designer Evan Bare is an old hand at this kind of stuff; at 608|Design he describes how he does it:
Computer controlled machines generate repeatedly accurate parts that assemble with ease. 3D software is used in the design and engineering process which provides amazing control. Each design created is optimized for ultimate durability and efficiency in material use, thus doing more with less.
Bunkie Project from COUP D'ETAT on Vimeo.
That skill with digital fabrication is displayed in the design and construction of the entire unit, as you can see in this video. The walls and roof are assembled from plywood cassettes that are easy to ship and carry,made from plywood cut on a CNC router, in a fashion similar to FACIT system shown on TreeHugger before.
© BunkieI am clearly not alone in having reservations about the chimney thing; they have to explain in the FAQ section that it has been engineered to take the snow loads and to ensure proper runoff. But Nathan Buhler and his team are anything but doctrinaire; they offer other versions without the chimney, a solid wall on one side and another, and another that has a lot less glass, and costs less too. And I must admit, the chimney is not devoid of function; it adds a lot of space for storage and does make the interior more dramatic.
© BunkieThey are not missing out on the shedworking crowd either, noting that this would work very well as a home office.
Lloyd Alter/CC BY 2.0Nathan Buhler, who collaborated with Evan Bare in the Bunkie project, pointed out so many interesting and well-thought out design and construction details. This is a well-designed and beautifully put together unit that will be comfortable as a bunkie or an office, with or without that chimney. Starting at C$ 21,900. More at Bunkie.co
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