{"id":19619,"date":"2012-07-29T11:28:51","date_gmt":"2012-07-29T11:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iainclaridge.co.uk\/blog\/?p=19619"},"modified":"2012-07-29T11:36:10","modified_gmt":"2012-07-29T11:36:10","slug":"thomas-heatherwick-olympic-cauldron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iainclaridge.co.uk\/blog\/19619","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Heatherwick: Olympic Cauldron"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19625\" title=\"Thomas Heatherwick: Olympic Cauldron\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iainclaridge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/olympic_cauldron1.jpg\" alt=\"Thomas Heatherwick: Olympic Cauldron\" width=\"470\" height=\"470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iainclaridge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/olympic_cauldron1.jpg 470w, https:\/\/www.iainclaridge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/olympic_cauldron1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iainclaridge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/olympic_cauldron1-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.iainclaridge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/olympic_cauldron1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19624\" title=\"Thomas Heatherwick: Olympic Cauldron\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iainclaridge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/olympic_cauldron2.jpg\" alt=\"Thomas Heatherwick: Olympic Cauldron\" width=\"470\" height=\"261\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The stunning Olympic Cauldron for the London 2012 Olympic Games, consists of 204 copper petal-like mini-cauldrons, each representing one of the participating nations.<\/p>\n<p>The cauldron was developed at the <a title=\"Thomas Heatherwick Studio\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heatherwick.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Thomas Heatherwick Studio<\/a> in Kings Cross, London, which Thomas Heatherwick founded in 1994 with the aim of \u201cbringing architecture, design and sculpture together within a single practice\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19630\" title=\"Thomas Heatherwick: Olympic Cauldron\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iainclaridge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/olympic_cauldron7.jpg\" alt=\"Thomas Heatherwick: Olympic Cauldron\" width=\"470\" height=\"470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iainclaridge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/olympic_cauldron7.jpg 470w, https:\/\/www.iainclaridge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/olympic_cauldron7-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iainclaridge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/olympic_cauldron7-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.iainclaridge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/olympic_cauldron7-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Each copper petal was brought into the stadium by each team as part of the athletes\u2019 procession. After the procession, each petal was then attached to a stem-like pipe, forming in a ring at the centre of the stadium.<\/p>\n<p>In the climax to the ceremony the levered stems, that pump natural gas to each petal, gently rose from the ground upwards and the individual flames spread between the petals, converging within the cauldron to create one giant flame of unity.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19623\" title=\"Thomas Heatherwick: Olympic Cauldron\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iainclaridge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/olympic_cauldron3.jpg\" alt=\"Thomas Heatherwick: Olympic Cauldron\" width=\"470\" height=\"261\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19622\" title=\"Thomas Heatherwick: Olympic Cauldron\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iainclaridge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/olympic_cauldron4.jpg\" alt=\"Thomas Heatherwick: Olympic Cauldron\" width=\"470\" height=\"261\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19621\" title=\"Thomas Heatherwick: Olympic Cauldron\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iainclaridge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/olympic_cauldron5.jpg\" alt=\"Thomas Heatherwick: Olympic Cauldron\" width=\"470\" height=\"261\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19620\" title=\"Thomas Heatherwick: Olympic Cauldron\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iainclaridge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/olympic_cauldron6.jpg\" alt=\"Thomas Heatherwick: Olympic Cauldron\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iainclaridge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/olympic_cauldron6.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.iainclaridge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/olympic_cauldron6-470x470.jpg 470w, https:\/\/www.iainclaridge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/olympic_cauldron6-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iainclaridge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/olympic_cauldron6-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.iainclaridge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/olympic_cauldron6-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The stunning Olympic Cauldron for the London 2012 Olympic Games, consists of 204 copper petal-like mini-cauldrons, each representing one of the participating nations. 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