I was fortunate enough to recently take a class with Greg Paolini near Asheville NC and begin to build a Sculpted Rocker. For those who have not had the opportunity to work with Greg, I highly recommend taking a class if at all possible. This is the second class I have taken with him, having built a bow arm morris chair back in the summer of 2013 (see my avatar). Greg is an excellent instructor and I am amazed at how much I learned from just spending a few days with him. The class lasted almost 6 days, and some of the joints made my head spin, but here are some pictures of the build to date.
First up was selecting the 8/4 cherry so we could turn this:
into this: (not mine, belongs to someone that works there)
Gluing up the laminations for the rockers, headrest and back slats. Here is a picture of the headrest.
Rough cut back leg with the finished leg.
Front legs. Just starting to sculpt them.
Rough layout of legs and seat
Sculpted arms
Beginning to sculpt the seat. Sculpting was done with a festool ras and 24 grit paper. The thing is a beast and was like the proverbial hot knife cutting through butter.
Here's a shot of the front legs before and after some sculpting with the festool ras
Still a lot of finish work to do, but you get an idea of what the seat will look like. Custom fit for me!
You can begin to see some of the sculpting that was done on the front and back legs as well. By the last day, here is what I had to take home.
There is still a lot work to do as far as sculpting the arms, backrest, seat, you name it. This is much different that what I normally do, and it was a blast! Hoping that over the next month or two I can finish it up.
Here is a link to the class if anyone is interested:
http://www.gregorypaolini.com/?page_id=923
First up was selecting the 8/4 cherry so we could turn this:
into this: (not mine, belongs to someone that works there)
Gluing up the laminations for the rockers, headrest and back slats. Here is a picture of the headrest.
Rough cut back leg with the finished leg.
Front legs. Just starting to sculpt them.
Rough layout of legs and seat
Sculpted arms
Beginning to sculpt the seat. Sculpting was done with a festool ras and 24 grit paper. The thing is a beast and was like the proverbial hot knife cutting through butter.
Here's a shot of the front legs before and after some sculpting with the festool ras
Still a lot of finish work to do, but you get an idea of what the seat will look like. Custom fit for me!
You can begin to see some of the sculpting that was done on the front and back legs as well. By the last day, here is what I had to take home.
There is still a lot work to do as far as sculpting the arms, backrest, seat, you name it. This is much different that what I normally do, and it was a blast! Hoping that over the next month or two I can finish it up.
Here is a link to the class if anyone is interested:
http://www.gregorypaolini.com/?page_id=923
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