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Multipurpose Wooden Chair
2023 | 6 weeks
TEAM: Hattie Carr, Shaharah Barnett, Lilyana Bryan, & Myself
PROJECT TYPE: Construction (woodshop, upholstry, wet sanding, laser cutter, sewing)
OBJECTIVE: With a predetermined base wooden chair design that was provided by the professor, students were required to develop additional "advancements". Those advancements varied from group to group, but our main objective was to incorporate as many new skills as possible. ​
WOOD Chair component
Top Surface
Splines
Legs
Bottom Surface
Feet
Exploded view
Individual Components
Feet (3x)
Finger Splines (12x)
Legs (3x)
Surface (top 3x・bottom 3x)
Construction Process
Cutting individual parts・combining the triangle・adding splines into the gaps
Sanding down surface・building final form
Strengthening form with finger joints・adding danish oil
Testing and applying wood engraving
marble work・laser cut・upholstry process
Wet sanding marble & laser cutting fabric
Attaching upholstry and sewing in buttons
Measuring, cutting, and sewing supporting pieces
Sewing in velcro & gluing onto upholstry piece
Upholstry
Combined
Marble Top