Another sculpture collaboration with my friend Ruth Moilliet.
The trunk will be 6 curved lengths of 58x1.5 wall 304 Stainless tubing.
I used my tube kinker to bend the tubing into a gentle arc by packing out the ram former with 2 bits of 1mm ms sheet and using blocks of wood to spread the load on the outers. Bit rough and ready but it works ok.
To see if the basic idea is working, I lashed the 6 pieces together with a ratchet strap. I plan on using a short 7th piece in the centre where the tubes meet to space them all correctly.
Cheers, Mick.
The trunk will be 6 curved lengths of 58x1.5 wall 304 Stainless tubing.
I used my tube kinker to bend the tubing into a gentle arc by packing out the ram former with 2 bits of 1mm ms sheet and using blocks of wood to spread the load on the outers. Bit rough and ready but it works ok.
To see if the basic idea is working, I lashed the 6 pieces together with a ratchet strap. I plan on using a short 7th piece in the centre where the tubes meet to space them all correctly.
Cheers, Mick.