Cardboard Chairs 101

Step 2 Structure 2

For this chair, I used the same technique of interlocking ribs. This time, I made horseshoe-shaped pieces with horizontals that locked them together. The top was covered in some super-strong, triple-corrugated packing material. I made a lot of shallow slits parallel to the corrugations so that it would bend over the the arch form. To round it out and give it some more strength, I paper-mached the outside with newsprint and glue solution.

The "neck" holding up the back was a little more complicated. To prevent it from tearing out or shearing back, it actually goes into the support structure all the way to the front edge of the seat. The seat's shape is derived from the tombstone-shaped pieces that were left over when I cut the arched ribs.

Comments

[Turnip123]

A rather provocative shape...