It’s not, unfortunately, actually made of wood. Details are scanty, but I suspect wrought iron. It’s the work of Florida metalsmiths Imagination in Metals. [via Design You Trust]
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Perhaps I’m misled, but it strikes me that using iron for the exact same design is a) safer, b) not killing trees (ok, I don’t have the numbers to really attest to the carbon footprint of ironwork vs. woodwork) and c) will last longer.
Idk, just a question.
Either way it’s inspiring.
I think you’re right on all counts. An amazing piece of work, regardless of the material. And it would be ridiculously hard to do in wood. It’s just that, when I first saw the photo, I thought for a moment that they had actually trained a live hardwood tree to grow into the right shape for their railing over the course of many years, then cut it down and installed it. Which, you have to admit, would have been spectacularly awesome. Didn’t mean to detract from what these ironsmiths have done, though. It is also spectacularly awesome.
Unfortunately, that is so not to code.
Is it only me (because I have a toddler who’s trying to walk) or are the pointy bits (especially the one above the two steps on the bottom) a thing you’d rather not have in a staircase?
Maybe it’s in fact made of NERF?