salt and wood

1 Found

2 Found

3 Found

4 Sketches

5 Heartwood angle cut

6 Sketches

7 Black orange wax plugs

8 Fine wedge

9 Growth ring angle cut

10 Wedge

11 Plan view

12 Face detail

13 In place

14 In action

15 ITEM 17 behind.

After the surprising success of ‘ITEM 17 Now Playing’ comes ITEM 61 Now Playing LP. Item 17 was a CD case display that turned out to be very handy and commented on with approval by many! I was subsequently on the lookout for an appropriate piece of drift or street wood to do an upscale version for LPs.

I came across this wedge of tree trunk, chainsaw cut on the perfect angle with the heart wood core creating a great form across the face (looks a bit like the soccer world cup trophy). The sides were hit with a stiff brush only and the face orange spray coloured then sanded back. Some dry rot was drilled out and wax filled in black and orange. Two holding pegs were doweled into the final varnished face. Much work went into a base stand that in house design control advised against using in the end. Even more so than CDs it is an opportunity to display album cover artwork as a rotating exhibition.

Tags: Beach house sculpture, driftwood, flotsam, LPs, Records, repurposed, sculpture, Stereo Hi Fi Gear, street found, street found timber, streetwood, timber restored, vinyl