I don’t like adverbs , you know, words like “extremely,” “fallaciously” or “throbbingly.” But I am at a complete loss to otherwise describe the wack-nutty bendable wood that Jeff Miller showed me this weekend during the Lie-Nielsen Hand Tool Event in Chicago....read more...
See Issue Number 126, Aug/Sept 2010 "Bent Wood" by Dan Spurr
Bendable Boards, June 2010
Made of ... New Materials Sourcebook for Architecture and Design
Author: Christiane Sauer Language: English
Release: April 2010 Price: € 49,90 / $ 78,00 / £ 45,00 Format: 24 x 30 cm Features: 240 pages, full color, hardcover ISBN: 978-3-89955-289-8
Today’s innovative architecture would be inconceivable and unbuildable without the rapid development of new building materials and technologies. Against this backgroundMade of…not only presents unconventional approaches to the use of materials in architecture and design but also describes the current state of research and rediscovered technologies. The book is an inspirational reference for everyone who is looking for a specific material, who would like to expand their design palettes with further cutting-edge possibilities, or who can use an overview of current developments in this area.
Wooden Boat Magazine Review
When I first heard of cold bendable hardwood from Fluted Beams LLC of Gig Harbor, WA, the concept seemed so unlikely that it barely raised and eyebrow. Here was a company claiming that its hardwood had been processed so it could be bent into pretzels right out of the box. Srely, I thought, this involved plastic miracle glue, lamination, hocus-pocus and magic wands. The end result, I guessed, was a lumber Chicken McNugget.... (Read more from Matthew P Murphy in the April 2010 issue of Wooden Boat Magazine).
Weirdest thing of the show is probably the new Super Solid snares, or to be honest, the process they go through to make the shells.... Read more from Michael Dolbear at http://www.mikedolbear.com/story.asp?StoryID=1795
