Woven Scroll

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    Woven Scroll is composed of approximately 450-500 hanging linear assemblies 12 feet in length - each reading as threads of a loom - each of which has several colored spools mounted to create the impression of woven fabric. Each column is held in place using 1/16” stainless steel cable, and is affixed to a serpentine aluminum mounting rail that is mounted to the wood veneer slat ceiling. The mounting rail will be attached either directly to the slat ceiling, or suspended from the primary structure above using unistrut frame attachments to the structure with beam clamps. If the latter is required, it will be carefully coordinated with the Architects, Structural Engineer of record, and General Contractor, and is accounted for in the artwork budget. The serpentine mounting rail will be painted with a wood veneer coating to match that of the slat ceiling so that its presence is minimzed. The 12 foot long linear assemblies are composed of several spools of wire wound to a thin-walled aluminum tube. These spools become colorful pixels in the fabric-like composition, with each pixel itself referencing the tactile and visual quality of woven thread with colored metal wire wrapped around a painted or anodized aluminum tube to create a dimensional color effect. Each tube will be capped with black or color-matched nylon (hard plastic) spacers / stops at each end, which will serve as a spacer and collar to attach to the stainless steel cable. Cable swage locks will be embedded within these spacers at each spool to provide reliable and redundant attachment to the cables. A cable coupler is screwed to a base at the serpentine rail above, and these parts can also be painted brown to match the wood tones in the ceiling so that they disappear. Each of the 450 assemblies will weigh just over 1 pound, for a total weight of 468 lbs, and the serpentine channel at the ceiling weighs abother 86 lbs, for a total of 554 lbs. The weight of cable and nylon stops will be under 50 lbs. Great care and testing will ensure that swage lock hardware is redundant, and has no risk of falling. Our design will be reviewed and sealed by our own structural engineer, licensed in the state of North Carolina.