‘stumps’ by sharon sides

 

 

 

jerusalem-based industrial designer sharon sides has conceived “stumps” as her thesis project at the bezalel academy of arts and design. the project deals with the transference of images from the environment to projects using technology processes and tests associated between a spectrum of meticulous planning in free forming nature. exploring the interplay between control and freedom provides the work examineswhen it is important to plan and when it is better to let things happen naturally. the process offers a different outlook on the tree trunk, which is normally associated with beams utilizing its length, focusing on the rings that appear on the actual end grain of the log.

 

 

sharon sides: acid etched metal stump ash chair

 

 

sharon sides: acid etched metal stump growth rings shown on the back of the chair

 

 

to achieve a replicate result of the end grain ring patterns, metal sections are scanned then acid etched to showcase the history of the tree as well as its age. the production process involves bending the sheets into chairs, where the outline of the tree stump was kept intact, consequently bestowing each piece  with its own unique character. 

 

 

sharon sides: acid etched metal stump ash chair

 

sharon sides: acid etched metal stump etching wood patterns

 

 

 

sharon sides: acid etched metal stump paper models

 

 

sharon sides: acid etched metal stump colorfulness caused by the acid

 

 

sharon sides: acid etched metal stump after a night in an acid bath

 

 

sharon sides: acid etched metal stump exposing the pattern

 

 

sharon sides: acid etched metal stump white oak chair

 

 

sharon sides: acid etched metal stump white oak chair

 

 

sharon sides: acid etched metal stump ash and white oak chairs

 

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