The Spaghetti Bench takes it’s inspiration from the universal park bench “everyone has sat on a bench like this, some have been kissed on one, others have waited for their kid on one, they are common to everybody”. Reinoso plugs into the consciousness, by twisting the familiar and conjuring up a playful, fantastical alter reality, empowering the wooden slats to resurrect back into swirling, growing live tendrils.The Spaghetti Bench has an inescapable surrealist influence, with a poetic, elegant repose. The benches are not only conceptual works but also feats of handcrafted dexterity. Each wooden slat is hand-carved to create the sinuous curve, the human intervention of the manufacture once again triumphs over the straight lines of the traditional park bench. Reinoso is planning to recreate the Spaghetti Bench in metal to create limited-edition works that will also be available through the Carpenters Workshop and exhibited with the gallery at Design Miami/Basel.
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