Sitting in Context/ Duality

In my last post, I informed you all that I was altering my previous chair design to make it look more like a classic arm chair with a little bit of a twist.  Let me remind you that this chair is based off of the relationship between my brother and I.  We have kind of a classic brother and sister relationship, maybe resembling the ones in sitcoms.  However, the most significant part about our relationship is the humor and weirdness between us.  I mashed these two factors together, and came up with my final cardboard chair.

After drawing out one of the front pieces, I cut it out, and marked where the slats would be.

Instead of tracing it, I pinned the piece on top of a sheet of cardboard, and cut around it to create a duplicate.  Pinning it made a cleaner and more exact copy.  I used the very first piece I cut out as the pattern for all eight pieces.

Here is one of the face pieces completely cut out.  The back pieces looked very similar.

I then measured one inch and two inch strips to fit into the slats on the front and back pieces.

I put the strips in the back of the chair first, and then put in the front pieces. 

The rest of the pieces were added

FINISHED!

Piece of cake!

I'm just kidding.  It's not finished.  Back to work!

This chair looked more like a throne than an arm chair, so I needed to add an essential detail; a seat cushion.  After making a box to fit in the seat, I figured I should cover it with something to make it look soft and pillowy.  So I started peeling cardboard.

Several curly cardboard strips later.....

My classic cardboard arm chair with a twist

The man of the hour, Brent! What a nice family photo.

A job well done

I want to thank Jim Mayes for being my second pair of hands will putting the slats into place.  It was a pain in the rear with you, it would have been impossible without you.
I want to thank Brent Crouch, my brother, for being my inspiration.
There you have it.
Stay tuned