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Tattoo Benches

Benches made from tree trunks, supported by wooden rings, personalised with more than a hundred drawings burned in to the wood with soldering irons by local children and adults.

The ‘tattooing’ was carried out in a series of workshops, at which the participants also wrote lyrics for a song about the project and their neighbourhood. A poster was made featuring the lyrics, and displayed in a shop window near the tattoo benches.

Participatory project for young people commissioned by the City of Amsterdam, 2014

Thanks to: MM2 furniture makers.

Location: Witte de Withplein, Amsterdam
Dimensions: 220 cm x 40 cm each bench
Material: Wood (‘Stadshout’)

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IMG 7831x 457
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detail 462
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