The idea of a tree
I like trees, I’m no tree-hugger but for me they are right up there alongside eating and breathing. Recently I had the fortune to visit Yosemite National Park and Big Sur in California and they have some big trees!
As a kid, I remember being amazed at the way they grow; by adding rings of tissue and expanding year on year. Even more exciting, you can also tell good years from bad by studying the thickness of each band. I’m sure none of this comes as news to you Dear Reader.
So you can imagine how much I like the idea of mischer’traxler’s idea of taking this “recording quality” of a tree, and using it to inform the design of products. Take a look at the infosthetics link below and tell me you don’t like it as well!
“The work consists of a solar-powered apparatus that pulls threads through a coloring device, a glue basin, and then finally winds them around a mould. The physical height of the resulting object depends on the number of sun hours of the day, as the machine starts at sunrise and stops at sunset. At any time of the day, the thickness of the thread layer and the color is depending on the amount of sun-energy: more sun results in thicker layers and a paler color.” Via infosthetics.com
Visit the artist’s website: mischertraxler.com
Hey, I live in San Francisco so next time you are here make sure you give me a shout and we’ll catch up for a beer or three!
Cheers,
Alastair