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EPIC River Project
How the Water Bench was made and moved
It started withscale drawings that
were used to get the dimensions for the real thing
seat back
seat front
this wire form was used for displaying drawings and the droplet layout
during the workshops but also became part of the final bench
The bench frame was made of steel, bolts, aluminium wire, and wire mesh
The workshop droplets were wired in early on in the process
The bench is made very hollow with a thick layer of cement built directly
onto the wire of the frame.
The seats have very tough circles of steel rod and mesh, wired on to the
angled steel frame
It got very heavy in the studio and I wasn't certain how well the crane
would lift it. It has the capacity of half a tonne. The seat may be
around 350 - 400kg.
The crane got it out of the studio
My neighbours helped get it across the garden with a
tractor
It stayed here from January 2020 to May 2021
It has steel protruding out of the bottom to fix into
cement foundations at the final site. These steel legs just
slowly sank into the lawn and it stayed put very happily in the garden.
Water Bench front in the studio garden
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Water Bench back in the studio garden
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At the end of April 2021 it was ready to move to the site and groundsman
Kieran came with a trailer to collect it. My Neighbour again helped
lift it
It took a lot of working out how to fix it down to move it without risking damage
It arrived perfectly safely.
This is how the bench was moved at the EPIC river site.
Finally in place in May 2021
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