Tiny Chair
Chairs
During the winter of 2020, I made two chairs for a class: the Tiny chair and the Bun chair. Tiny chair was built in a week, as a challenge, and the Bun chair was intended to be built over 6 weeks as a final project. The shop was unfortunately closed in early March as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic and the Bun chair remains unfinished. In this page you can find process pictures and documentation for both chairs.
Tiny Chair
Tiny is a big chair. It was designed big to make you feel small…
I tend to never sit on a chair the right way, so tiny was built big, big enough to play, sit cross legged, kneel and even lean against the armrests to take a nap.
Before making this chair, I had never done proper wood working. So making Tiny was a LARGE challenge.
Processes: Woodworking
Materials: 2 by 4s, plywood, wool
Tiny Chair Process Images
Assembling my chair. Getting things square is hard!
Unfinished frame
Ready to be photographed
Comfy!
Bun Chair
Inspired by the Eames Lounge chair, my Bun chair features a wooden silhouette that hugs the upholstered cushion. However, it is also designed to bring a bubbly, bright energy into the room, with a colorful upholstery that remains to be finished.
Currently, I am working on my chair one weekend a month, when I get the chance to access my friend’s dad’s woodshop.
Processes: Wood Lamination, Woodworking, Upholstery
Materials: African Mahogany, Epoxy, Upholstery foam and batting, Fabric
Bun Chair Process Images
Chair at the moment
some mood boards
some mood boards
some mood boards
sketches of some of the initial ideas
Dimensioned drawings
Getting the height of the chair just right is important!
So is the angle and height of the backrest!
Elastic in the frame of the chair gives it and comfy and bouncy feel.
The chair cushion gets covered in batting to smooth out imperfections in the foam.
The fabric selected to upholster my chair.
Lamination is no easy task!
Wood lamination requires a buck, clamps and a vaccum!
It must then stay in the buck and with a vacuum for 48 hours.
Final render of the chair with pink fabric. The real chair has the fabric shown earlier.