David Laird, Captains chair no.8 (TABLES, CHAIRS, DESKS 2022)

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Richard Lord

This chair is carbon negative by design, & is constructed from locally sourced farm forestry timber using tradition techniques & materials to create a quality chair with a long service life for the end user, while also sequestering Carbon. This design features a mix a different species to show the contrast between each, while highlighting how the species are used in chair making. A single piece of black walnut, steam bent to form the arm bow, this is then carefully dried on a form until the required moisture content is reached. The spindles have been shaped from locally grown white oak with tapered tenons formed. The seat has been hand formed from elm, a traditional chair making timber for seats due to is resistance to splitting . The legs & stretchers have been turned from White ash, green sawn white ash has been used to form a steam bent crinoline stretcher. The chair has been constructed with traditional tapered, mortice & tenon joints, wedged & glued with hide glue to allow for the chair to be repaired. The chair has been finished in Osmo PolyX-Oil.

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