Service:
Furniture Design
Project:
Self
Materials:
Upcycled wire, rebar
Year:
2024
Client:
Self
— Material testing —
Thrifted chairs were stripped and woven with upcycled wired. Different weaving techniques were tested
Chair #1
Thrifted rush woven shaker chair with rotting broken seat. Testing weaving techniques with variety of wire diameters and shapes
Chair #2
Additional thrifted chair with stained odor ridden seat. More weaving testing on a different weaving technique.
— Bent Metal Sketching —
Ideation on chair design with a focus on manufacturable repeatable bends
— Metal Bending —
Recycled Rebar heated with a Propane torch and bent into shape
Standard off the shelf rebar derusted with WD-40 and steel wool, marked, bent, then welded
— Final Weave —
Cincinnati Recycling & Reuse Hub sourced wire using traditional lloyd loom weaving technique
