C3 Stacking Chair (W71)
Catalogue Record
Collection
Maker
David Colwell
Title
C3 Stacking Chair
Made in
Powys
Date
1986
Description
Chair made of steambent ash frame with a round back, and a round seat made of lacquered sycamore.
Materials and techniques
Steam-bent frame made from locally grown small ash, worked 'green'. Seat made of kiln-dried sycamore. Finished in water-borne lacquer. Seat is turned.
Object number
W71
Category
References
David Field - Projects in Wood (1985)
Maker's statement
These pieces fit inot my range of batch produced pieces whose designs explore the use of small round wood (ash). Advanced triangulated construction, low capitol and low energy production and aimed at a market that would normally buy imported mass produced products. Close link between aesthetic and making principles makes 'craft' method cost effective.