Windsor Chair

[Brian Moore]

Last week the late morning sun was streaming in one of the east-facing windaes and casting good shadows so I thought I would take a fotie of my windsor chair. I built this chair a few years ago. (I took a class on Windsor Chair making at a local college.)

I also made three colors of "milk paint" for it and then made the chair look well-used by scraping the paint away in the most common wear areas. (The forward portions of the seat, the "hands", the top of the top back rail, and the lower forward portions of the front legs.) Then I coated it with a mixture of shellac and mineral spirits and set it on fire. (The flame burns off quick and the burnt shellac leaves a good looking luster.) To most people it really could pass for a 250 year old chair.

I finished the chair at midnight on the night before the final class. Burning the chair in the darkness on the front drive made for quite a pyrotechnic effect. If any of my neighbors had seen me I must have seemed like an apparition of the KKK.

I took this shot with my Olympus XA3 and Vons brand 400 ASA film.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Do you take orders? Looks beautiful. Nice shot too. Is it comfy?

 

[Beth Carter]

nicely photographed. did you pass?

 

[Brian Moore]

Do you take orders? Looks beautiful. Nice shot too. Is it comfy?

Thanks Rob. And it is indeed very comfy. Its also strong but very light weight. (It is all hand made--and only glue to fasten the joints. No nails or screws or anything like that.

I do take orders. (From my wife that is. )

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nicely photographed. did you pass?

Thanks a lot, Beth. Yes I passed. And I had the distinction of being the only one of the 20 or so students in the class to make his own paint!

 

[Pete Sykes]

Great Shot Brian............ and a great story ........ I bought my chairs from IKEA

 

[Brian Moore]

Great Shot Brian............ and a great story ........ I bought my chairs from IKEA

lol!

 

[Pete Askew]

Great Shot Brian............ and a great story ........ I bought my chairs from IKEA

You could try setting light to them on the drive!!

Great story Brian (you are indeed a man of many talents!), a wonderful chair and a damn fine photo of it. Would I my suspicions that you had a hand in the stained glass panels have any truth it it?

 

[Brian Moore]

Great story Brian (you are indeed a man of many talents!), a wonderful chair and a damn fine photo of it. Would I my suspicions that you had a hand in the stained glass panels have any truth it it?

Thank you, Pete. No so talented--just wanted to try my hand at building a windsor chair. (Had lots of guidance along the way, and quite a few mistakes to fix, too.) No on the stained glass. Maybe someday, but it hasn't interested me so far (except to look at).