Bent Ply & Rimu Floor Lamp

Bent Ply & Rimu Floor Lamp

Finally got the bent ply cylinder construction to work and the Rimu legs were cut and shaped from recycled stock.  

There's no such thing as too many clamps!

The first cylinder has been glued and is setting overnight.  I won't know till tomorrow if the theory has worked.  I also managed to get a couple of test curves glued so hopefully I can strength test a few of those tomorrow too.  So today we build it and tomorrow we break it... strange progress.

A little lighting love

Still having fun in the workshop testing out some imaginings, figuring out how to get the results that I want.  The neighbors have a little more kindling than they had last week :-)

R&D Love it.

So it's a little quiet on the blog, but trust me it is far from it in the workshop.  I decided to take a little time away from the restoration to indulge myself in a little R&D. I wanted to explore a few pieces that have been in my brain and on paper for so long they feel real for me already. 

Ercol Ladies Rocking Chair

Coming Up: Ercol Ladies Rocking Chair

Such a classic and for very good reason, this chair by Lucian Randolph Ercolani for Ercol  is such an icon of the designers style and design ethos.  

Cool pair of retro industrial chairs.

SOLD: Cool pair of retro industrial chairs.

A few months ago I got a set of these chairs that came out of an old boardroom.  These are the last two, they were in the back of the workshop for a while and it was about time they got the TLC they deserved. 

Fler chairs F. Lowen Design

SOLD : Fler chairs 
 

With much deliberation and after taking the photos of these and the Fler daybed as a group I decided that I would try and have them go into the future together.