Bridge table, large, prototype
(2010)
- Medium
- aluminium, tungsten carbide
- Measurements
- 75.8 × 380.0 × 109.4 cm
- Place/s of Execution
- Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Inscription
- etched in underside c.: joris Laarman / PROTOTYPE
- Accession Number
- 2016.426
- Department
- Contemporary Design and Architecture
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Donald Russell Elford and Dorothy Grace Elford Bequest, 2017
© Joris Laarman - Gallery location
- Not on display
- About this work
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Bridge table is an aluminium and tungsten carbide dining table whose form is based on the properties of bones and trees. The table was designed using software that translates information drawn from nature into instructions for robots, tools and 3D printers. The table is a highlight of Laarman’s practice and was created using a new fabrication technology named High Velocity Oxygen Fuel (HVOF) coating that prevents wearing and corrosion. The aluminium table is spray-coated in tungsten carbide. The surface is then repeatedly ground back and polished over many days to produce a reflective tabletop of exceptional hardness.
