Ashley Bryant, Mt Nathan, Qld

Fusion Chair
Maple silkwood (Flindersia pimenteliana) from private property, Atherton Tablelands, Qld.
1050 x 540 x 590mm

Joinery
Back Legs—steam bent
Legs to seat—housing joint with dowels and plugs
Seat joinery—biscuit plus dowels joints
Arms—dowel joint
Top rail—dowel joint
Chair spindles (laminated) —hand cut dowels and dovetails
Shaping—sculpted from solid wood
Glues—Epoxy Resin (Mega Poxy)
Finishes—Intergrain Tung Oil, four coats, then Liberon Black Bison wax with Liberon 0000 steel wool.

Concept
To produce a chair that gives the impression of elegance, stability and balance. A chair that makes you walk around it and admire the changes in shape, contrast in colour and light, symmetry, surface, orientation and balance—all the things make for a good sculpted form. The Fusion Chair was designed with all these elements in mind.
The chair complements my dining suites and has a stand alone quality. My study of bending techniques during my Winston Churchill Fellowship allowed me to develop the techniques to produce this design.

Photos: Ashley Bryant