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Bespoke Staircase Design for my brother in law
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Completed Ernest Race BA Chair; designed post war to use scrap Aluminium
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Completed Ernest Race Antelope Chair; featured at the 1951 Festival of Britain
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My next project, a lovely Rubery Owen industrial "Blade" chair manufactured for the British Air Ministry circa 1950's
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Stripping the old upholstery from the BA chair
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Stripping the old upholstery from the BA chair
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The BA chair back rest stripped down and cleaned up
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Forming and sculpting the foam base padding for the back rest
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Base layers of fabric stretched over the back rest
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Base layer of fabric completed for the back rest
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Marking out the new plywood seat base
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Cutting and shaping the plywood seat base
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Detail of the corner radius roughing out
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Plywood seat base completed and test fitted
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Detail of plywood seat base with an allowance gap for upholstery
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Checking the plywood seat base gap allowance all around
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Plywood seat base and back rest being test fitted
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Plywood seat base with threaded fastener drillings being checked for alignment
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Back rest test fitting
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Foam sculpting for the seat base in a denser foam grade
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View of plywood seat base underside with threaded fixings glued in place
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Test fitting the seat base foam upholstery
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Test fitting and checking the corner radius of the seat base foam upholstery
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Further checks on the seat base foam upholstery
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Additional wadding applied to the rear of the back rest
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Stapling the final upholstery fabric to the plywood seat base
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Detail of the fabric forming and stapling of the corner radius
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Hand stitching the closing panel of fabric to the back rest
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Test fit of the finished upholstered seat base and back rest
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Ernest Race Antelope Chair and Bench back from the powder coaters
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Ernest Race Antelope Chairs with Lucienne Day Calyx fabric for making cushions
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Fitting the new Oak plywood seats using stainless steel fixings
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Finished Antelope Chair and Bench on the patio
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Finished Antelope Chair and Bench on the patio
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Lovely contemporary correct cushions in Lucienne Day Calyx fabric cushions (thanks to my sister in law for making those up for me!)
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All safe indoors out of the weather! The bench is a particularly rare piece so needs to be looked after.
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Personal Projects
Personal projects include things I am enthusiastic about and items I have designed for friends and family. This ranges from a bespoke staircase detail design for my brother in laws new house to restoration of vintage furniture pieces. I have collected a number of British manufacturer mid century design pieces focusing on items by Ernest Race for Race Furniture, Fred Scott for Hille Furniture and industrial seating by Rubery Owens and I enjoy repairing and bringing these pieces back to life.