An enjoyable week down at Westonbirt Woodworks that caused a mix of amusement, admiration and bemusement. I decided to use a mix of existing bits and newly made ones to create a sculpture.
As it developed Paul Hayden likened it to Picasso’s Les Demoiselles D’Avignon, and my brother found a picture of a chair sculpture by the same, that had a resemblance. I decided that this one would be called Les Chaises not least because it is several things at once.
It is actually hard to get angles to work in this way and yet make a stable structure. Where there were imperfections in the wood I drew attention to them. There was a big fault at one side of the seat, so we cut a chunk out, making two different seat shapes in one. Correspondingly there are two different seat carving patterns.
Thanks also to Stephen for his part in my chair adventures and to all those who have encouraged me.