As a certified chocolate addict (and a Johnny Depp fan too), I really enjoyed the 2005 film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Getting to spend a day in that kind of magical factory would be sheer heaven. I remember this one scene from the movie, where Depp’s character, Willy Wonka, was commissioned to build a chocolate palace for an Eastern potentate. Everything in that palace was made of chocolate.
Well, it seems to me that Ron Arad’s Three Skin Chair would look right at home in that palace. It isn’t made of chocolate, of course. It’s actually made of multilayered lacquered wood, but to me it looks like a wonderful piece of chocolate shaving, one that has curved even more and melted slightly from the heat. Because of the dark color, it reminds me of dark chocolate, my favorite! It certainly looks like a very attractive piece of wooden sculpture, but not only that. With the way its curves flow, it looks like it would accommodate the contours of the user’s body, thus making for comfortable sitting. Bold-looking furniture, that’s one of the things Ron Arad is know for, and his pieces are versatile. They can be used as contemporary bistro chairs in dining establishments or enrich a hotel guest’s experience or simply to beautify one’s home.
But going back to chocolate, here’s a practical tip for you, via WikiAnswers, on removing chocolate from furniture. Chocolate can be messy to eat sometimes, I know. What you do is you freeze a metallic object, like a pan, in your freezer. Place the frozen metal on the chocolate to make it hard and brittle. Once that’s done, scrape off as much of the chocolate as you can before applying a cleaning agent so that the chocolate doesn’t smear all over. But always remember to check if the cleaning product you’re using is suitable for the affected piece of furniture.
