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Retreatery Butte 2016
Unique sculptural theater exhibiting Mark Trade (single-channel HD Video, runtime 1:13:30)
Components: bar tables, bar stools, custom rock seats, park grills, fire rings, carpet, paint, lighting, ambient sound
Original installation dimensions: 157 x 331 1/2 x 233 1/2 inches
For this project I got to expand upon one of my favorite techniques for building organic structures;“Triangles”. To build the boulder seats we started by stacking some piles of milk crates and various stuff around the studio until it was the shape we liked. I then covered the pile in leather and started to tack together pieces of “pencil rod” or ¼” steel rod. I love working this way because it’s easy to cut the rod close by with a bolt cutter so there is no need to walk across the studio to a saw or make a cut list. Once the whole structure is “tacked” together you then take it off the form and do your full welds. Next we cut small plywood triangles to fill in the flat planes. Lastly, we taped and coated the seams with Resin. Cutting the triangles was very time consuming so if you have a better idea please let me know. Ultimately we ended up covering the “low poly” rock form with soft foam.
