The man above is Jólan van der Wiel. He's making furniture. I promise. It might look like something off the SyFy channel, it's one of the coolest artisan processes I've seen in a long time. Care to guess what it is?
By using a technique that involves mixing melted plastic with iron shavings and then separating the substance with gravity and magnets, the final result are space-cave like stools (which if it isn't a decorating genre... should be).
Although they might be a little extreme for many folks, just the simple idea that old items are being used in new ways and new techniques and processes are being created, is a glorious one. You can read more the idea over at Inhabitat or from the artist's website.
(Image: Jólan van der Wiel via Inhabitat)
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As an artist I hate to criticize but I'm not feeling the love. And, boy would those be hard to dust.
Looks like alien fungal life props from an old Star Trek episode. Not for my house, thank you.
The stools are an interesting concept, and I'd like to see what comes from some longer experimentation with the process ... also, the artist is supercute. (Yes, I'm shallow.)
I love it! Stalactites, stalagmites, whatever they may be....the beauty of the naturally crystalline surface is absolutely fascinating! It would be magnificent as a piece of abstract art.
I like the idea! I think that it would be cool to see how this evolves to be a little 'cleaner' on the seat area, but still organic looking for the legs.
hmmmm... I kind of like them.
I like them, but not as furniture. Rather as art. People, be honest. Which one of you doesn't have a vase or a lamp that looks like an alien life form or a flying saucer?
It's a really interesting use of magnetism, and I would also be quite interested in seeing what it'd look like with a "cleaner" seat.
The minuscule gravitational force exerted by the mass of the magnet is negligible compared to the earth's. The real force at work here is the alignment of charged particles in the magnet's magnetic field, and the decrease in that field as the magnet is removed (leading to the tapered legs.)
But no matter the cause, it does look really cool! It reminds me of lava stalactites:
http://www.goodearthgraphics.com/virtual_tube/splash_stal.html
Too much gimmick. I think design moved passed the gimmick as generator of form at least ten years ago so these seem old-fashioned to me.
Oh, THOSE stools. I thought....oh, never mind.
really cool