Finished chair

Here is the finished chair!!!

Such a great feeling when this chair is finished

couldn't be any happier than this. 

First time doing a project in the workshop and been spending few weeks finishing this chair is such a good experience for this semester :)

Some people in the workshop said it looks like an octopus / ant / spider

Yes it does look like a little creature with many legs. 

:)

I am happy with the look and the colour as well!

  

Side view

Workshop

Aluminium sheet for the sheet and back rest, a steel sheet will be weld on to the steel tubes

Got my aluminium sheet done laser cut and bend at 95deg angle. 

Chop off the back rest a little bit so can be inserted to the original back support.

File the edges so it becomes more smooth and has no sharp edges

Finish to make a hole on the original back support. 

Remove the nail and some wood filler inside the hole on the original legs

Fill it up the hole using this coloured wood filler

Here is the result

Adjusting the legs to the steel tubes 

All the legs are set up

After powder coating

I chose matt black which have some texture on it so the seat won't be that cold when people sit on it. 

   

I used blind revit to attach the seat and the aluminium sheet underneath the seat. 

I used this primer before apply the spray paint

Apply the primer for all the legs 

Matt black spray paint for the original wooden back support and legs

The matt black turns out well!

New Chair Dimension

This is the new dimension for the aluminium sheet and steel sheet since I changed the material for the seat+back rest from acrylic glass to this aluminium sheet

Concept Development

First thought of how the back supports look like. The seat and back supports are made from 20mm acrylic glass which is bent and shaped so there will be some space to enhance the comfortability when people sit on it. 

This is the final design of how the back supports will be made. The seat and back supports are from one acrylic glass and bent 98deg, it makes this chair more comfortable since the seat is not flat 90deg. The back supports are designed in that kind of form to enhance the overall aesthetic of this chair.

Concepts

Concept Ideas

Research B: Furniture Evaluation

Research A : Furniture sourcing

I have been looking for a second hand chair that I will use it for the project in this subject. Here is the chair that I found at Balaclava salvation army. I got 4 chairs since it came in a set of 4 for only 25$, it was a pretty good deal though :)

These are some photos of the chair that I bought. 

Carver Chair

Carver chair is a specific chair that synonymously with early North America Colonial Design. It is also famous with a name, Colonial spindle back dining chair. The chair is noted with its carved detail and unique backing. The original carver chair are quite rare but reproductions are easily found. The spindles are also on the arm rests and legs, these carved design feature are called turned construction. The armrests and legs are lack of vertical supporting spindles which is used on the chair back as the unique feature on the backrest.

Esquisse 2 : Exploded assembly drawing

Oxley timber colonial dining chair / Colonial spindle back dining chair

Exploded drawing of Colonial spindle back dining chair

Esquisse 1 : Reinterpretation ideation exercise

Original chair's frame

Front view

Elevation