How to Make a Chair

The Bow Spring Chair was designed and fabricated as part of a furniture making workshop at Harvard and MIT. I was interested in how the arms and legs of the chair could work in unison as a type of double bow spring structure – becoming extremely strong under direct loading, yet flexible and responsive to the shifting load of the user. The legs/arms of the chair are made from steam bent, glue laminated strips of ash, and the seat is made from glue laminated birch plywood. Throughout the semester I employed many different techniques of fabrication from hand files to CNC lathes. Instagram:   / conorcoghlan   Website: http://conorcoghlan.com/ Blog: http://conorcoghlan.com/blog/ Pinterest:   / conorkcoghlan   Facebook:   / coghlanconor   Twitter:   / conorcoghlan