An exercise in several disciplines. This project allowed me to practice traditional joinery techniques as well as improve my eye for some foundational elements of furniture design, such as leg stance, wood figure, and texture.
The main body of the stool seat split as one of the tenons was being introduced. A quick butterfly inlay prevented the crack from spreading.
The upper seat of the stool is a bookmatched piece of cherry with historic value to my family. It's held on by four buttons, to allow the seat base and top to expand and contract at different rates. The piece was a gift to my sister, hence the wood choice and inscription on the bottom.
Beneath the decorative seat are four wedged, tapered tenons that will only become stronger with use. This piece is intended to last beyond one lifetime.
This stool was an introduction to sight lines and resultant angles. It was a lot of fun bending the wire and experimenting with different stances before settling on one and translating it to full-scale.