The most curved of the forms gave me a bit of a problem with the first two glue ups so I modified the process. I wanted to present to the vacuum bag a pre-rolled so to speak. Have the bundle already 95% bent around the form before putting it in the bag. Probably overdid it but the process of doing something IS the reason I'm doing it.
I did a formal photo shoot of all sixteen bent shapes in the raw, how they came out of the form.
One from the shoot.
Trimmed and straighten the pieces, begin to block up final positions and mark the joints.
The seat and the back had to be glued together.
The concave portions I found best to work with a cabinet scraper first.
Sawing the long half joints. Some of these were not my finest work by the way.
Here working out armrest and leg positions.
Looking at it with the armrests partially pushed into final position. Before leg position has been finalized.
Wedging the through tenons on the arms.
And in a final last minute decision, I completely abandon how I've been sketching the leg attitude for months. The legs splay out from the center.
This is where I will leave this until later. The next chair will use the same bent pieces but I want to change up the next chair sculptural aspects a bit. I’m thinking of rounding it more. After that is taken to this point, the leather work will begin for both.
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