Artist Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster vision for the 'TH-2058' installation within the cavernous Turbine Hall of the Tate Modern in London included enlarged re-productions of large modern art sculptures. Two of the original sculptures were fabricated from steel. The Maman utilised steel tubes welded together to mimic the sinew of a spider's legs and the Flamingo piece was formed from steel plates. As the TH-2058 exhibit was to be inplace for only 6 months the replicas had to be constructed in alternative lightweight materials. The Maman legs were made from polystyrene clad over a lightweight steel box frames and the Flamingo was constructed from 20mm thick corrugated cardboard covered in a fibre-glass skin. The arches for the Flamingo were CNC cut with jigsaw like joints to ensure the correct profile and steel plates with holes for bolting were embedded in the ends of each section and in the centre piece to give additional strength and ease of assembly on-site.

Click here to see and read more about TH-2058 on the Tate Modern's website.