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Balance Bench

Balance Bench – Balash, milk paint, textured aluminum, 60 x 20 x 17.

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Balance Bench utilizes ash trees that damage was a result of a windstorm on the campus of University of Brockport, Suny NY.  The University sent out calls for bench designs.  Balance Bench was one of the winning designs.

Some of the other projects can be viewed here. https://www.google.com/search?sxsrf=ALiCzsa4JRg2Azkolm5B-73yS1-tv7pJWw:1672704464676&source=univ&tbm=isch&q=brockport+university+ash+bench++project&fir=2j9oMzarfh37uM%252C6etiYsuYOu57_M%252C_%253BVMcVWW0h6NTFaM%252CzZ4PbD2mpoNY1M%252C_%253BHaLJYti9hy2KUM%252CalmXtvO4F5EYxM%252C_%253BIEk9hZtrpEgj7M%252C6etiYsuYOu57_M%252C_%253BvdermulvQlq8eM%252C6etiYsuYOu57_M%252C_%253BANY2hTm6WEFWqM%252C6etiYsuYOu57_M%252C_%253Bq462W2t8sjTFnM%252C-JZE9iZuzIdXiM%252C_%253BKbT4YV8tcNL_KM%252CzZ4PbD2mpoNY1M%252C_%253B5M8vvKBa0pG4uM%252C-JZE9iZuzIdXiM%252C_%253B-tYjjYFqTqMXkM%252C8w6qxxTSBDtIIM%252C_&usg=AI4_-kQns-11xUa1iLVRpQauXnMmpAZyQA&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjy7rjbjar8AhWrhHIEHegUCxkQjJkEegQIBhAC&biw=2035&bih=1053&dpr=0.92

https://www.brockport.edu/news/stories/campus_art_walk.html

Our blog post features this and that can be viewed here https://www.cosmobarbaro.com/commissioned-furniture/?previewid=2301&preview_nonce=9d26ec3ae2&post_format=standard&_thumbnail_id=2304&preview=true

The design is a combination of minimal and art deco.  The dentil edge uses influences from art deco and combines them with both minimal and modern.  Resulting in a very clean geometric shapes and modern because it incorporates solid aluminum.  A unique texture creates a jewelry type feal to all the parts that have this texture on them.  Balance Bench lower aluminum frame texture with a ball mill and a die grinder.   Tedious work that pays off with huge dividends after the final product is complete.

I have utilized this texture technique on several other pieces like. https://www.cosmobarbaro.com/product/recycled-cherry-bench/ https://www.cosmobarbaro.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/charlotte-desk.jpeg 

The process works like this i had the pleasure of picking this recycled ash up from the sawmill in Churchville, Ny.  Each bench design had a specific number of board feet of the ash from the campus of Brockport University.  In my case I used the supplied material in a large lamination that ended up becoming the sphere the supports the bench top.

After the lamination were complete the result was a large solid cube of ash.  I rough shaped the sphere with a chain saw prior to placing it on the lathe.  Once on the lathe I slowly made a 16-inch diameter sphere out of solid ash.  The sphere had a very large round tenon at the top which attached to a large round mortise underneath the bench top.  The Sphere also has to holes drilled into it

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