Thursday, 24 April 2008

April


52 Chairs
This month I bought 52 chairs from an internet site. Currently I am finalising plans to use these chairs. I have made a tower from 16 chairs that have minor broken faults to the frames. This tower relates back to the tower of tables that I made back in 2006, and to the theme of multiples in my productions last year.
They are a formal contrast to my angular aerodynamic aesthetics that I used last year, but in other ways the design of the chairs works well. The spartan frame implies a light-weight quality, with minimal steel necessary for the function of the chairs. But the black, heavy steel contrasts to the light weight nature of the tables I have produced. I will work on redesigning elements of the chairs.
I bought the chairs partly for one purpose, that is for my own use. But I only need up to 18. Another 6 have gone to my parents, and the rest I do not know. I may need to design a table for sale with these left-over chairs.