New to this group! I recently made two of Chris Schwarz chairs over the winter here in Maine. I made the chair from bullshit and I made his Irish-y style chair. I work in a wood / cabinet shop and was able to scrounge up tons of scraps to make these. The Irish chair is made from scrap quarter and rift white oak. The green comb back is made from scrap poplar. I opted to use hand tools where I could, but with access to nice equipment it made the overall process very smooth. They’re both extremely sturdy and very comfortable.
These are my first ever chairs and I’m very proud of them and it felt like such a nice accomplishment! I wanted to add something to each that made it feel like mine so I cut out a whale shape on the bandsaw and painted a cartoony blue whale for the comb! It was very fun painting it. I also painted a loon on the backrest of the Irish chair. Both felt like little nods to living here in Maine (moved from KY). Currently working on the Irish-American design from him so I’ll post that when I’m done in the future’
I love looking at everyone’s chairs!