Folding Stool (W104)
Catalogue Record
Collection
Maker
Tomoko Azumi
Title
Folding Stool
Made in
London
Date
1995
Description
Foldable cardboard stool with a cherry veneer, resembling a pair of scissors.
Materials and techniques
Corrugated cardboard, wood adhesive, cherry veneer. Laminated cardboard is glued vertically to maximise its strength, and locks tightly as one's weight bears down on it.
Dimensions
width: 35cm
depth: 15cm
height: 56cm
Object number
W104
Category
-
Folding Stools, Tomoko Azumi, 1995, Crafts Council Collection: W103 & W104. Photo: Todd-White Art Photography.
Maker's statement
1997: This stool borrowed its structural principle from the traditional Japanese travel neck-rest. Laminated cardboard is glued vertically to maximise its strength, and locks tightly as one's weight bears down on it. It is a 'sketching stool', you can carry and use to perch on for a short time, in a similar fashion to a shooting stick.