A New Windsor Arm Chair

The chairs pictured above are New Waltham side and arm chairs.  I have already made a set or two of the New Waltham side chairs but I had not yet made a New Waltham arm chair.  You can see the arm chair on my website here.  The pictures on the site are not that great as I took them the night before delivery.  I generally photograph pieces in my shop with a lot of daylight but I had forgotten as I was very busy with childcare. Summer does get crazy around here and this summer has been extra crazy as my wife is now working full time.
Enjoy the summer.  It is flying by.
Take care,
Tim

Part 4- Final shots of my Windsor Chair with Table Surface

I am really not sure what to call this chair but I am pretty psyched about how it looks.  Especially this shot with the laptop.   This was the picture in my mind when I started to design the chair.  It really puts the laptop in a usable position and the silicone pad keeps the laptop secure from sliding. Let me know your thoughts on this one.
Thanks,
Tim

I am thinking about calling it the New Jeffersonian Windsor because Thomas Jefferson made the first swiveling Windsor chair and many other engineered gadgets.  It would not be far fetched to find something along these lines at Monticello.

Part 3- A Step Beyond Show Piece- Chair with Table

Here are a couple of quick shots of my new Chair w/Table.  The round table pivots from the outside of the arm to the inside of the arm.  The black surface is the removable non-skid silicone pad that I cast to fit the top.  The design has its roots in traditional windsor chairs with a writing surface but I wanted something a bit different.  The table could be used to write a short note but I see it more as a place to put a glass or snack and also a surface that could hold a laptop computer (with the use of the non-skid pad).

Part 2 Windsor Chair w/ Table for the "A Step Beyond" Show

This new chair design takes my New Waltham arm chair and adds a small table surface that will move from the outside to the inside of the right hand palm of the chairs arm.   I turned a cherry "candlestand" top for the table that will be a handsome surface but I wanted a non skid option.  To achieve this , I turned a corresponding mold piece in which I made a silicone pad with liquid silicone.  In the image above I am peeling the molded silicone out of the wooden mold.

Above, the pad is pictured in the finished top.   The nonskid nature of the pad keeps it from sliding around and it is a nice surface to keep a glass or mug from sliding also.  It can be easily taken off of the table and cleaned.   One of my first thoughts in coming up with this design was to create a surface that would hold a laptop computer without risk of it sliding around on the table top.
The metal parts are with the machinist now being finished up.  In a day or two, I should have the whole thing together.

Stay tuned,
Tim

The State of Craft: A new piece for a show of furniture by the Guild of Vermont Furniture Makers

The show is called A Step Beyond: Collaboration, Innovation,  New Works by the Guild of Vermont Furniture Makers.


The opening for this show is on July 9 at the Firehouse Gallery on Church Street in Burlington, Vermont.

My piece for the show will be a chair with a moveable table surface.  In the next few blog entries, I will be posting pictures of the chair as it progresses.
Below, I am beginning to rough out the seat shape with an adze.   Next I am using an in-shave to smooth out the rough surface and to take it a bit deeper with more control.

Next the travisher is used. This too is a combination of spoke shave and hand plane.  It is produces a very controlled cut.  

The next two photos show the seat after the first shaping and then after the seat extension has been drilled to accept the post that will support the pivoting table.  I am working with a machinist who will take this rough pipe and make it into a working table support that we have designed together.

A New Variation on the Windsor Desk Chair

This latest desk chair is just a bit different from my last one.  This is my New Waltham arm chair design. It has the Waltham seat and arm rail but with a Cod Rib crest rail. This is the first of these to be completed, although I am now working on a set of New Waltham arm and side chairs for a client.  Those are standard dining chairs and not desk adaptations.  To see my other two Desk/Office chair designs to date. Click here.

The base allows for height and tilt tension adjustment as well as it can be locked in the upright position.  I price these the same as my regular chairs so this chair is priced at $965.   This price includes a carpet castor.  A floor caster is available for another $30. or so.  These really do add class to the home computer station.
See all of my work at TimothyClark.com
Thanks,
Tim

36" Windsor Benches

Here are two new 36" benches in my Waltham design.  They are a custom order from a Neal and Company of Texas, a design firm that has chosen some of my work for the remodeling of a Cape Cod summer residence.  These benches will join 10 of my Waltham chairs and a painted pencil post bed in the Cape house.  The benches are a bit small for two adults unless they are are good friends but they fill a space nicely and are very comfortable and roomy for one person and some stuff.   These will be accent pieces on either side of a beautiful old cabinet being used as an entertainment center.  The pictures below are of the benches unpainted and then painted with milk paint but not yet oiled and varnished.  At that point , the paint is very rough and dull.  The paint color is a very dark brown that was specified by the designer.   I feel lucky when I work with a designer who makes suggestions that fill their need while working with what I do best. Many times, this is how I end up with great new designs.