First Project: Inspiration and Prototyping

Based on a German peasant's kitchen stool from the Beidermeier period, I am building a set of children's stools for the first class project. The criteria are four "S's": simple, sweet, solid, and small.

First a cardboard mockup.

First a cardboard mockup.

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Then a Douglas Fir prototype.

Then a Douglas Fir prototype.

A coopered seat.

A coopered seat.

Turned legs and angled mortise holes (after a few location and angle tweaks).

Turned legs and angled mortise holes (after a few location and angle tweaks).

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