Which technique can be used to achieve this?

[Lini]

We are on the hunt for a new shelf for our home and I stumbled upon the following concept that I like:


Now it turns out this is just a concept and it's not for sale, so I'm thinking of making it myself (or at least ordering it myself).

I can handle creating the design in, for example, SketchUp without a problem, but the big question is who to turn to for production? I think the example above is made of Corian, which seems a bit too extreme (=expensive) for me.

Would it work with plywood bent under heat? Is it expensive to have it made in that case?

In short, which materials do you think would work for the above and who do you turn to to get it done?

 

[Micro]

Can't you heat/glow plattjärn and bend them into a similar shape and then grind and paint.

 

[vojma]

Flat iron?

I get the impression that the "shelf" is about 25-30 cm deep.

Double or triple 6mm grooved MDF and then putty the edge and hope it holds is my tip.

 

[prototypen]

The radii look a bit too tight to be made in any wood material.
I would guess that the shelf can be made of warm-bent plastic.

Protte

 

[perkaby]

Laminating veneer?

 

[PCLarsson]

molded veneer manages the radii...

perkaby he before...

 

[Noseone]

The radii seem a bit too tight to be made from any wood material.
Heat-bent plastic might work to make the shelf.

Protte

Do you think so? They have made this one in wood.

http://feber.se/pryl/art/253711/cykel_av_bok/

 

[gadeberg]

The radii look a bit too tight to be done in any wood material.
Warm-bent plastic I would guess could be used to make the shelf.

Protte

The tree is made of wood. There are wood bending companies in the family. "Everything is bendable"

 

[AXS]

I would try to create a corner that fits on MDF or other material.

It looks like the same radius everywhere.

 

[Lini]

What tools are needed to achieve laminated veneer?

 

[andersmc]

That bike costs 70,000 DOLLARS! You could get a plane for that. Then you can probably afford some tinkering to shape the wood pieces correctly.

How big is that tree? As a shelf, it seems completely useless. If it's as big as it seems (i.e., there's room to place a book on the horizontal surfaces), it fills an entire wall but barely has any surfaces to actually place things on. You also have to consider that it won't look nearly as cool when it's full of stuff.

 

[PCLarsson]

Sketched together a little form in SketchUp.

The form is assembled with threaded rod.

For the tree, I would have made two molds, one 180 degrees according to the picture and one 90 degrees.

Every other veneer is fully glued (both sides) and laid crosswise....

If you have sharp bends, spray a little water on the veneer to avoid cracks/splits...

For the form above, you need a press table with pressure from both the top and the sides...

 

[andersmc]

A complication is that the tree "branches" out. Those joints must be difficult to make strong enough.