DRY RUN OF THE FRAME

After I had shaped each individual length of wood I could then start putting together my chair, this is the left hand side of my chair but was glued upside down so that I could clamp the shape easier. During dry run process I had to work out where every individual clamp would go so that there wasn't any gaps from the wood pulling away.

HERE YOU CAN SEE THE LEFT HAND SIDE ROUGHLY CURVING INTO SHAPE

HERE IS THE LEFT SIDE CLAMPED UP AND DRYING WITH THE RIGHT SIDE IN PLACE FOR GLUING AFTER

SHAPING THE INDIVIDUAL PIECES

After I had cut down the lengths of wood for the main out frame section, to achieve a sharper curve I had to soak each piece with hot water to soften the fibers in the wood which then allowed me to curve and clamp it around this half circle block to then dry so that it would keep its shape.

CURVING THE WOOD PIECES

STARTING MY CHAIR

My initial starting point was to cut down lengths of 2x2 pine wood to around 2mm thick, this would allow me to then bend and curve to the position that I wanted.