October Theme Day: Rest and Relaxtion

 

Well, now ... my visit on Friday to Newfields (nee the Indianapolis Museum of Art), could not have been more suited to this month's theme; not only was it a day of rest and relaxation for me, but my visit to the design exhibits also suited the theme.

Here is the Slice Chair created by Danish designer Mathias Bengtsson in 1999. He referred to it as "a piece of furniture cut away from a cliff and scaled to human proportions." It was first sketched by hand then sculpted in clay as a full-size model. The clay model was cut into slices, with each slice then digitized on a basic scanner (I think of "basic" as the little one in my desk top printer. I doubt it would accommodate the size of these slices.) Then each scan was traced using a program to create a three-dimensional model. A computer-controlled laser then cut the layers out of thin aluminum sheets, which were assembled and hand polished.

And! The Slice Chair has a happy face!

The first of each month is marked as a "theme day" by City Daily Photo, whose members post a related photo to their blogs. Their contributions can be seen either by linking to the group's Facebook page, or by clicking on the logo to the right of this post.

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