Scenic and practical steel art: Barnshaws shapes the Tree Seat

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.

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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.

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Wake up and smell the… Chelsea Flower Show!

Barnshaw Section Benders have just supplied a curved pipe that formed the stem of a flower design in the Chelsea Flower Show starting on 21^st May.

Chelsea Flower Show is attended by the royal family on opening day every year as it is one of the biggest and most prestigious flower shows in the UK and has been held in Chelsea since 1913. The show features innovative outdoor living areas and garden ideas to try at home.

Barnshaws was awarded with this creative project due to the benders’ innovative recommendation to have the pipe induction bent to benefit from minimum ovality.

The job consisted of curving 5’’ NB SCH 40. Barnshaws induction (hot) bent the stainless steel pipe to achieve S-bend with 600 x 690 radius.

Barnshaws hot bending capacity range is very impressive and includes tubes up to 711mm (28" x 30mm thick), rectangular hollow section up to 500 x 300, square hollow sections up to 500 x 500, beams up to 610 wide and channels up to 430 wide. No other company in the world offers such a range of sections and unusual forms.

Interested to find out more about Barnshaws stainless steel tube curving or induction bending capabilities? Simply click here to contact us for a free consultation.

For more information about the Chelsea Flower please visit their website.