With the exception of the wooden slats, which are made from a mesh with an Array modifier, this entire park bench model is made with curves. This chair was modeled by the very cool Bob Holcomb. Thanks, Bob!
In Chapter 6, there’s a step-by-step example of creating a boat hull by lofting a surface from a series of NURBS Surface Curves. This model is the result of that example. Feel free to play with it all you like!