Chair hand-woven from aluminium

The Uvula chair is hand-woven from strips of alumnium -- sounds like a fun project for the kids on the weekend, providing you've got some decent hand- and eye-protection around:

Scream is a new aluminum chair from Bannavis Andrew Sribyatta of PIE Studio, an eco-friendly furniture design firm. Made with the same method as their prize-winning Steel Tongue chair, the piece is constructed by hand-weaving an aluminum skin over a stainless steel frame. According to PIE, " The inspiration derives from a screaming mouth exposing the Uvula. The Uvula moves down and touches the floor as one sits on the chair."

This Just Inbox: Scream, a hand woven aluminum chair (via IDSA Materials and Processes Section)

[#1 posted by meekabeeka, July 22, 2009 11:22 PM]

I think stainless steel and aluminum are dissimilar metals that will react and corrode against one another.

[#2 posted by Anonymous, July 23, 2009 12:11 AM]

Do they make a version with aluminum for us Americans?

[#3 posted by error404, July 23, 2009 3:13 AM]

yes they did.

It's aluminium in the title but aluminum in the body of the text.

[#4 posted by Anonymous, July 23, 2009 4:55 AM]

SInce when is aluminum an "eco-friendly" material?! It takes 13,500 kwh to make one ton; it comes from bauxite mines that are very environmentally damaging; and smelters that emit a lot of pollutants and use massive amounts of energy. It is often touted as "recyclable" (which would be better, since the USA throws out 61 billion cans a year) but how often do "green" designers (and architects) actually use RECYCLED aluminum? It is very hard to source pure recycled aluminum unless you do it yourself.

[#5 posted by farrago, July 23, 2009 5:36 AM]

An all aluminium chair from an "eco-friendly" company? 'cause you know, Aluminium is right up there with sustainably grown wood in the eco-friendly stakes...

[#6 posted by Anonymous, July 23, 2009 6:19 AM]

For the dissimilar metals to corrode it must be immersed in an electrolytic solution.

[#7 posted by dculberson, July 23, 2009 7:02 AM]

Stainless steel and aluminum are fine together. It's when non-stainless steel is in contact with aluminum that galvanic corrosion will occur.

[#8 posted by Anonymous, July 23, 2009 7:15 AM]

Depends on the stainless. There's more than one kind... what you said is true if a magnet won't stick to it and you keep it away from salt water; otherwise it will rust.

[#9 posted by IWood, July 23, 2009 11:15 AM]

I...I want to don something made from black PVC...and have sex with that.

[#10 posted by Phikus, July 23, 2009 1:33 PM]

Anon@6: Like human sweat?

Iwood@9: Um... okay...

[#11 posted by artistgirl, July 23, 2009 1:39 PM]

looks like darth vader mask.