Rocking Chair Prototype

detail chair protoype

 

In reverse order, these images show a new rocking chair evolving from a model built out of 2” thick extruded foam to a solid Hard Maple prototype.

Hard Maple, or Sugar Maple, is  sometimes referred to as Rock Maple- because it really is that durable.

The design is decidedly scaled up from your grandmother’s delicate rocker. With a sculpted seat, she rocks like a dream.

Follow along on Instagram to see new woodworks from the Springhouse Shop and Studio in 2014!

handmade rocker in the shop dowels hold her together

coming together, round 1            foam first draft of roaking chair

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