Veneer Chair

There are so many ways to make a chair, but this one is similar to how skateboard decks are made. Let’s start at the beginning, though, when plywood veneers were being made in British Columbia way back when… Fast forward to shops making cleaverly designed objects with lots of pressure and woodworking tools: Thanks for documenting, Victor & Albert Museum, UK. https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/take-a-seat-a-story-of-modernism-in-three-chairs The Isokon Long Chair, by Marcel Breuer, a Bauhaus student in 1935-1936: Isokon Long Chair by Marcel Breuer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isokon_Long_Chair Other ways to bend wood Of course, there are clever people who figure out how to cut wood to create their objects, like drum shells, created with segmented curved cuttings, like this: Or with walnut staves: Humanity’s creativity is endless. Conclusion Close tab, we’re not making drums. Get that off the list. -Luke Thank you for reading via RSS (this is JSON). If you'd like to browse the site…