Saturday, October 17, 2009

WEDGE CHAIR PREVIEW


Well, here is the long awaited WEDGE Chair (Whew!). As noted earlier, the somewhat futuristic design (Bauhaus meets Star Trek?) is intended to compliment my WEDGE dining table. After several last minute mods, I'm pleased with the result visually and the construction is quite robust. Most importantly, everyone who has sat in it so far thinks it is very comfortable.

These things just take time to sort out. After thinking I'm all done with a design (having done dozens of sketches and models and a full scale mock up ) final prototyping will usually point out a glitch or two which require adjusting something. In this case I fussed quite a bit with the size and shape of the back panels and brass trim. This shop photo shows the raw chair before any finish has been applied. I intend to offer this item in solid American Walnut & ebonized Walnut. ....Rich