The Making of a Concrete Bench by Sticks and Stones Furniture
Sticks and Stones, a fabricator of concrete furniture, located in British Columbia, Canada, have shared with us their process of making one of their concrete benches.
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The concrete benches are part of their Social Series that includes a fire table. The inspiration for the Social Series comes from sitting around campfires with friends or family that lends itself to great conversation.
Here are some photos of a bench being made…
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The concrete mixer for mixing the concrete.
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Adding fibers to the mix
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Pouring the mixed concrete into a wheelbarrow
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Adding the concrete to the mold
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Adding the interior part of the mold
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Adding more concrete to the mold
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The mold is full
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Vibrating the bubbles of air out of the concrete
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Grinding the concete off the top of the mold
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Taking the mold off
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How it looks when the mold comes off
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Cleaning it up
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How they look when they’re finished
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Visit the Sticks and Stones website – here.
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amy on 09 Dec 2012 at 6:56 pm #
Exciting idea! Thanks so much for including photos of the process. As an artist who often works in ceramics, I love being able to see how other materials are handled.
glp on 11 Dec 2012 at 2:04 am #
to echo the first response, so nice to see how the product is made we need more of this highlighting the processes used and thus the effort invested into products
Randi on 11 Dec 2012 at 9:26 am #
This is such a great product – very contemporary yet as you say, feels like sitting around a campfire with friends. well done.
saman on 12 Dec 2012 at 6:28 pm #
very good
nice idea.
thank you.
Fernando Manica on 14 Dec 2012 at 4:47 am #
What an excellent idea to post a “making of” of such a beautiful piece of art.
Guilherme Torres on 17 Dec 2012 at 8:09 am #
Impressive process!!!