Road Workers and White Liners by Josh Bitelli
University of Brighton graduate Josh Bitelli has made a series of furniture and vases from asphalt and road-marking paint (+movie).
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The Palmeira bench, cabinet and chair comprise asphalt moulded by hand over steel pipes while warm and pliable. The seams of the Repaired Vessels are defined with yellow paint.
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Each was made with the help of workers at a road-resurfacing site.
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Here's some more information from Bitelli:
Palmeira Bench, Cabinet, Chair and Repaired Vessels in asphalt and line paint
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The complex web of roads spanning and dissecting Britain, like the railways, support and connect all other industries.
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If laid well, roads have a lifespan of fifteen years. While these esoteric events are integral to the smooth running of everyday life, they are seen as little more than an inconvenience.
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I have borrowed tools, materiality process and knowledge from these craftsmen. The manipulation of this very industrial material is a sort of speculative playfulness that could be applied to all other industrial activity.
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While hinting at other lost potential, I direct a looking glass to the people behind these events and the energy that is spent to keep something seamless.
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