new chair concept

this new chair idea came from thinking about my original chair and the way all the legs and back support beams were fixed into the chair base. in total there were 10 holes drilled into it, and 10 individual parts attached, in total there are 15 separate parts which make up this chair! 4 legs, 3 leg braces, 1 base (this is actually made of three different pieces but i have just counted it as one), 1 back support, 6 back support braces. my idea was to try and simplify this as much as possible while still keeping some of the recognisable features (wide legs, large seat, legs etc drilled into it). i managed to get it down to 4 holes in the base, which function for the back rest and the legs at the same time. the legs and  back rest are made of just 2 bits of continuous pipe, bent and passed through the base - these two parts replace 11 separate bits of the original. out of sight, underneath the wooden base are 3 steel struts for support and extra strength, taking the total number of parts to 6.

more work on small stool ...need more firbeglass

chair drawings

material use development

in this next phase i take the idea of the materials involved further.


taking a regular 4legged stool. i cover it in plastic-wrap before casting with plaster bandage.
the next step is to fill with expanding filler and cover once more in the fibre-glass bandage.

creating a copy of the original stool, represented but now changed and defined by its new materials