Saturday, February 27, 2016
Y no wicker?
Completely random and stupid thought. Following on this, I've been "building" a CG model of an 1880's resort, one of those Healing Water Springs places that catered to the middle class. Those places died in 1893 when the middle class was slaughtered by Wall Street. Sounds familiar to us as we live through Middle Class Slaughter II.
Those resorts used a lot of wicker furniture, so I've been studying pics of that form, trying to see how to "build" it.
Stupid thought: Wicker is not much good for furniture. Hard to clean, and pinches the skin even through clothing. Why didn't basketwork become more common as a building material? Hard wicker would serve well in the places where we use louvers. Shutters, screens, closet doors. Resists burglars better than glass, blocks larger bugs and water, lets air flow gradually.
Labels: Alternate universe, the broken circle
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