I rescued this chair, I am passionate about recycling and
upcycling unwanted furniture. I wanted
to work with this chair because the wood was undamaged and good quality. This
reflects my ethics and beliefs that usable furniture can be repurposed and
used.
I sanded the chair down to strip the gloss paintwork that
was already on the chair. I then had to
put an undercoat on to mask the dark wood colour from underneath. This is so
that the top coat colour is not affected. The lilac matched the repeat pattern design
of the fabric. The lilac is a very small
colour within the repeat design that has been amplified to contrast against the
white background of the chair fabric. The white fabric was at the client’s
request. I used artistic discretion to
synthesise the lilac and white for the client.
The client was happy with the end result.
The client had already had a preconceived image of the final
product, but this project enabled me to design for the client and to surprise
them with my design.
I learned specialist techniques in this project. I learned
that small strokes of undercoat impacted the quality of the finish so as I
progressed I refined this technique. The
final paint layer was with a roller to keep the top coat as smooth as possible
and also to keep it evenly coloured.
I feel upcycling furniture allows the history of the object
to be given a new lease of life to make this new and creative. This chair also
reflects element of my personal narrative. I feel I am giving the chair a new
life to be seen again.
The finished product, received both positive and negative
feedback. The repetitive nature of the pattern is traceable. It has helped me develop my knowledge if the
repeat pattern process. I feel that this may not fully represent the needs of
the Whitworth gallery, but also some of the positive comments have been in
response to the timely nature of project completion and the end quality of the
product.
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