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Naturally False by Els Woldhek
Here's another project from last month's Royal College of Art graduate show, Els Woldhek's series of unconventional shelving and lamps joined by copper growths.
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Called Naturally False, the collection features shelving units made up of timber veneer sticks connected by copper lumps produced by a copper plating process.
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Sheets of copper, which make up the shelves and lampshades, are welded together in different configurations and inserted into the rod structure.
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The project is an exporation of copper plating and veneer, materials typically found as surface finishes but used in this instance as structural elements.
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See more projects from this year's graduate shows in special category.
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Here's some more information from Woldhek:
Naturally False revolves around finding a balance between design, material and process. Developing a process in which the nature of the material and technique takes control.
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It is an exploration of copperplating and veneer. Two materials normally found as surface finishes, used for their decorative value.
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Here they come together, released from their usual constraints they create tension between them as well as collaborating as one.
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Creating structure and support in their own unpredictable ways. The results manifest themselves as shelving and as lamps.
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As they first appear random, fragile and possibly unfunctional they question not only their own making but also the making of the objects around them.
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The Structures are created with thin sticks that are bound together by the growth of the copper.
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And given a place within the home by thin deformed shapes and surfaces.
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Each structure and surface is unique. Which is not only a result from the design for the sake of it moreover it is a result from the technique and materials used.
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