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Is it a Chair?

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.

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Furniture Additions

A new kitchen unit made from Oak flooring, old drawers and new wood.
A drawer unit updated to make an Island and an old chair with new purpose.
I wasn’t too well when I made this, so this year a careful partial dismantle and rebuild to improve it.
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Just a better chair photo.

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Chairs Garden

Beautiful Weather for a catch-up on jobs

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Westonbirt Chairs

I hadanother very enjoyable week at Westonbirt Woodworks and I managed to produce two chairs.
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A different Chair Job

This was the second rocking chair I bought many years ago. It sits out on the porch and has suffered. I took it copletely apart and rebuit it with a few new bits where tenons had gone and a strengthening under the seat, which is made of separate sections of wood, so also needed rebuilding. Slow but less hard work than making from scratch.
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Another Prototype

Double bend bow dining chair
I was due to go down to Westonbirt for one last time with Stephen and Covid came along. Instead, once we were able to meet, we did some design and preparation work on the chair that Stephen wanted to make. I then came up with a new dining chair design. I made it up out whatever was available at home. The seat is made up from 6 different sections for instance.
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Ageing Chair

A new career in fakery beckons. I made the chair to go outside but half under shelter, knowing that Ash doesn’t take to wet conditions. A few years later it could be taken for an antique, after a few more coats of Danish oil.
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Jigsaw Complete

In the last post I showed a pile of Ash bits left over from chair making. In the end I decided I needed a place to put my clothes at night instead of the old blue dining chair that clashed with room. The seat is made up of four pieces of wood and the legs have just got the traces of my tell-tale bark. Much better, as the cupboard to the right is now in the process of being painted partially white too.
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Jigsaw puzzle and no bats

I decided to see if I could make a small bench from pieces left over from chair making, but I haven’t solved the jigsaw puzzle yet. I sat outside the shed and loved the light on the flax, roses and other plants then came inside as it got colder. Instead of closing the curtains I put off the lights and watched for bats, but there were only my own creations flying around. I’ll be generous and assume it was the cold and not the neighbour’s light polution that kept them away.