I did this to illustrate the strength of our upholstered benches which are realized as stressed skin panels.
These and other skin resistant shapes are a benevolent gift of nature that should be exploited to much greater use in our created environment.
Our 59-inch bench requires 1/4 as much tree to create, yet has the comparable strength of a 2-inch thick solid wood slab.  Spiral Cone Legs’s Saves from Making the Benches

Spiral Cone Legs’s Saves

I did this to illustrate the strength of our upholstered benches which are realized as stressed skin panels.
These and other skin resistant shapes are a benevolent gift of nature that should be exploited to much greater use in our created environment.

Our 59-inch bench requires 1/4 as much tree to create, yet has the comparable strength of a 2-inch thick solid wood slab.