4-POINT CHAIR NOW YELLOW

i had the frame powdercoated. the original idea was to go for an off-white or some other similarly subdued colour, however it turned out yellow was the way to go according to the powdercoater. this ended up working really well, the brightness looked good against the light wood and before i knew it my three chairs made up a CMY colourway.

4-POINT CHAIR / MORE BUILdING

circular inserts/features were added to the front legs. the intention of these is to highlight the way legs/arms penetrate right through the wooden seat. this is important as it is a development considered from the way the legs and fittings were drilled into (and broke off) the original chair.

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it was hard work to make the holes in the wooden base line up with the legs and arms. it required a lot of stuffing around and re-cutting of the base. in the end the base was cut into numerous pieces, which somewhat defeated the purpose of the minimal legs but still looked ok.

an extra support bracket was welded to the front. unneccesary perhaps, but in place to support weight at the front of the chair where it would receive the most.

more healing chair work

the chair base and back were cut down to the minimum they could be.
this base size has been defined by the width of the legs, which now attach to the very edge.

the back rest has been reduced significantly, it now just indicates the direction of the chair really

 

with the large backrest and seat now gone, and the legs fixed and reinforced the chair has a completely different feel. it is hard, solid and compact, yet still retains its original form through its stylised legs

 

 where the blue chair was created by simply tracing the form, the pink stool took on its own form completely through an extension of the process. the final product was oddly shaped, hardly recognisable when compared to its original form, but strong and sturdy nonetheless. despite being simply a shell of its old self

 

although the two pieces compliment each other they are both distinctly different. where one has been minimised and simplified, the other has been built on and grown.