Bentwood Workshop | Contemporary Continuation of Steam-Bent Wood

A bentwood workshop process: on the left is a steam box, with several solid beech wood pieces just removed, still steaming; in the middle, a worker is pressing softened wood into a metal mold and tightening it with a strap; on the right, a batch of O-shaped chair backs are drying on a rack, each with perfectly consistent curvature. Wood shavings and molds are scattered on the floor. Molds of different eras and shapes hang on the wall. This technique has continued from the 19th century to today, with methods virtually unchanged. Natural side light in an industrial space, warm wood tones. Avoid: switching to laminated wood bent with glue, omitting the steaming and molding process, depicting the workshop as a modern factory, inconsistent curvature of finished products.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一間工坊裡的曲木製程:左邊是蒸氣箱,幾根實心山毛櫸剛被取出還冒著熱氣;中間是工人正把軟化的木料壓進金屬模具並以皮帶拉緊固定;右邊架上是已定型乾燥中的一批 O 形椅背,每一根的弧度完全一致。地上散落木屑與模具。牆上掛著不同年代的模具,形狀各異。這個技術從十九世紀延續至今,方法幾乎沒變。工業空間的自然側光,溫暖的木色調。避免:改用膠合彎曲的層積材、省略蒸氣與模具的製程、工坊畫得像現代化工廠、成品弧度不一致。