Looking forward to seeing the chair. What kind of chair are you contemplating, just a dining room chair or something more formal?
Looking forward to seeing the chair. What kind of chair are you contemplating, just a dining room chair or something more formal?
I made a pair of these just after I moved to Virginia. The back legs are very long and are straight. My current design is derived from this one. The back legs are a bit shorter, they have a bend in them, and there are only three back rails.
I'm not sure if I will do hickory bark seats again or Shaker tape this time. The hickory bark is a miraculous material to work with, but harvesting it is a lot of work.
Someday I will try my hand at making a Windsor chair. The wood for the seats is waiting in my shop already.
That is a cool looking chair. I figured it was some sort of bark for the seat, but that looks like it would take a lot of long pieces, we have a lot of paper birch up here, but I am not sure you could get strips long enough for a chair.
Hickory bark is thick and very tough. When it is wet you would think it is leather, but when it dries it is hard like wood.