Who wouldn’t want to rest their
feet sitting down on this brilliantly designed seat in North Berwick? Not long
ago artist Craig
Inglis won the commission for a Scottish public artwork, and he took several
things into account when designing the seat.
The artist was said to consider
the town’s strong attachment to its wonderful flora and fauna, and the sea. The
design also had to be practical and not to take too much space or overwhelm
people. The end result of the design was remarkable with leaf motives and curving
imitating movement. The seat was also cleverly formed around the tree.
The job was performed for FBS
Metalworks, a great company that Barnshaw Section Benders have had a strong
relationship with and have supplied work in the past.
Barnshaws supplied the tree seat
with 4 tubes of 48.3 diameter x 3mm rolled to suit 2000 O/DIA with a 200mm rise
wave shaped. The form acquired a flowing
look that symbolises the ocean waves.
Craig Inglis commented on his art piece
saying: "The challenge was to keep the lightness of organic forms while
keeping the structure strong enough to withstand hard wear from thousands of
visitors and residents - and comfortable enough for them to enjoy sitting on
it". This is definitely a job well done.
Established
in 1969, Barnshaw Section Benders are based at six manufacturing sites around
the UK, located in the West Midlands, Manchester and Hamilton,
Scotland.
Across these sites over 120 specialist machines are housed, and have provided
steel bending services for some of the country’s largest projects, including
shopping centres, football stadiums, airports, and most recently the Olympics.
