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Craft

Forms, jigs and templates drawn for each piece, cut by CNC and laser, then used for steam bending in the workshop in Ajalvir, Madrid.

Bending form drawing, rocker head piece01

Bending forms and jigsDrawings: Andrés Mariño Maza

Steam-bent laminations clamped around a form

Craft / Maker

Forms, steam, hand

The workshop is in Ajalvir, Madrid.

The workshop

Forms and jigs are designed in the studio and 3D-printed in the workshop. The wood is steamed and bent around them by hand, then shaped, joined and finished.

Forms and jigs

The bending forms, jigs and guides for each piece are modelled in the studio and 3D-printed in the workshop.

Orange 3D-printed bending form in the workshop

Orange and yellow 3D-printed bending forms clamped onto a steam-bent frame in the workshop

A steam-bent part checked on a jig with a square

Steam-bent wood laminations in the workshop

Steam and bending

Solid wood is steamed until it becomes pliable, then bent around the forms and clamped while it sets.

Workbenches with clamps and 3D-printed parts in the workshop

The workshop, with benches and wood stock

Finish, stamp, number

The parts are shaped, joined and finished by hand. Every finished piece is stamped with the MARINOMAZA stamp and numbered within its series.

Sanding a steam-bent part in the workshop

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