Monday, March 3, 2014

Art chair

Okay, so the Marin County Fair is in July and I am entering a piece into a chair design competition. There is a "miniature" category (under 12") in which I will participate.

I found this actual, full-sized chair in a design book and am trying to duplicate it using solid wood:



This one was built with aluminum. So Ive been fooling around with making a prototype out of 1/4" plywood this whole weekend. Oh my god! I cant believe how tricky this is! Its just five pieces of wood! Well, all of the pieces are weird angles and each edge needs to be beveled to hold together. My biggest problem today was making the two triangles for the rear legs. Didnt realise that the bevels joining them to the back need to be opposite on each leg. Aw well, heres the plywood prototype:






Obviously, I need to make the back higher. And I was greatly surprised to learn that I can glue this up with super glue. Anyway, this is a serious challenge. Ill keep you posted. Oh, and heres a forum thread on LumberJocks about this project. If you arent already a LJ member, check it out. What an amazing resource for woodworking help.
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