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Winged Chair

comments (2) September 15th, 2009 in Reader's Gallery

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Winged rocking chair called Ark. Walnut, cherry, oak, spanish cedar, cabriuva, cocobolo, paper & metal fasteners.
View from top and back. The wing structure slides into the mortises in the forked piece of cabriuva.
Winged rocking chair called Ark. Walnut, cherry, oak, spanish cedar, cabriuva, cocobolo, paper & metal fasteners. - CLICK TO ENLARGE

Winged rocking chair called "Ark". Walnut, cherry, oak, spanish cedar, cabriuva, cocobolo, paper & metal fasteners.

Photo: Photo by Kevin Andrew Jones
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I recently completed this experimental, winged rocking chair. The body of the chair is fabricated from dozens of small triangular pieces of wood (about 1 1/2" long on each side). After cutting each triangle, I used a jig to glue and dry them in lengths. Then, I used biscuits to create wider and longer surfaces for the body of the chair. The "wings" are made of water color paper, and fastened with snaps to a moveable cherry armature. The rockers are steam bent cherry. The wood surfaces are lacquered.


Design or Plan used: My own design - Peter Cales
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Comments (2)

KevinAJones KevinAJones writes: Not only is your chair beautiful, but the photography is top notch!

Hey Peter, just happened to stumble across this, looks awesome!
Posted: 4:50 pm on October 2nd

PinkWood PinkWood writes: Hello Peter,
Great job you did there!What a man can make out of wood!
Absolutely beautiful.
Posted: 3:46 pm on September 15th

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