Materials
After finishing the shou sugi ban pieces and CNCing the Platte logo, we were ready to assemble and install in the office. We used our new 360 camera to take a time lapse of the installation, and with YouTube's 360 video feature, you can experience it yourself!
See how we made the wood here!
(use the built-in motion buttons or WASD to look around..)
Inspired by our success with the Anchor Bar (previous post) we're now installing some shou sugi ban as an accent piece in our office. As before, we decided to burn the wood ourselves following the technique the Japanese perfected over 300 years. Shots of the final install to come..
With just some newspaper and some welding gloves we were able to create some pretty dramatic affects.
**Don't try this at home!
It was actually really intense when it got going. We particularly like the shot with Scott breathing fire..
A fun day at the office playing with fire... we created this charred wood using a japanese technique called "shou sugi ban" for the interior design of the Anchor restaurant, an upscale seafood restaurant in Over the Rhine, Cincinnati.
We love the chance to experiment with new methods and materials. We tried several coatings and finishes until we found a treatment which preserves the depth and texture of the charred wood, while preventing wear and tear. We are pleased to report that this was installed over two years ago and continues to perform beautifully in this busy restaurant space.
Final Product
We've stumbled upon something! It is playful yet refined.
projects that give us the chance to experiment and create something unexpected are our favorite. check out this amazing interior from Jouin Manku.
"A restaurant next to the lounge features alcoves containing benches with undulating three-dimensional back panels carved from aerated concrete to suggest a mountainous scene...Lighting hidden in the curving folds of the surfaces illuminates their topographical shape, based on 'a mineral horizon made of stone and snow which appears to be carved into the rock.'"
We love this bold art installation. The contrast between the rough natural landscape and the stark white walls of this art gallery is quite interesting.
For his first solo exhibition at Denmark's Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson has filled an entire wing with a landscape of stones meant to emulate a riverbed.
