MORTALITY, ROSE CHAIR
Rose petals fall to the ground before withering, whilst their colour is still at its loveliest, their fragrance at its strongest. Why this waste of beauty?
Words by Clara Block Hane
Rose petals fall to the ground before withering, whilst their colour is still at its loveliest, their fragrance at its strongest. Why this waste of beauty?
Words by Clara Block Hane
The “Rose Chair” from 2018 is composed of four flower petals – layer-glued and pressed to shape, made to precisely and accurately fill each other in, and assembled without a single screw.
Magnus had said: now we can afford to make something that might not sell in huge volumes. Chris had been pondering an idea for a chair for months, and suddenly it was clear.
Two things can be said about Rose’s origins: she would not have been what she became without one of the world’s largest 3D printers. And while rose petals may be falling here in the exhibition, the hope is that the Rose Chair has qualities that give her a long or eternal life.
Falling from the ceiling: 72 rose petals that could become 18 Rose Chairs – alive, but immortal.
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