Entry to the Crown paints cardboard chair competition.

After a day and a half of concentrated effort my chair was made and the design board was emailed into the competition. Fingers crossed for this one. 

I don't think you can see here but these are the plans for the other chair. I pretty much worked from the model.

I hoped that the right angle here would give my back enough support to lean back.

The cuts were made to fit as snug as possible so that I could cut down on any movement in the chair and it would hopefully add to the strength of the chair.

Out of nowhere this fox/dog shape popped up out of my cutouts. I think it's an interesting shape. 

I wanted to keep the assembly parts to a minimum so I folded the cardboard in two, essentially giving me six supports at the back and at the front. 

The peg that's keeping the top and the bottom together is giving me enough hold to keep the top and bottom from sliding apart. It is a rolled up piece of cardboard. What else. 

The shelf space at the back of the chair was a happy accident. The cuts I made in the supports left enough room to stack books or magazines in the rear.

Underneath the 'seat' piece was scored the whole way along to allow the top piece to have some flexibility and to run along the curves as flush as possible 

Et voila! I am happy with the end version of this chair and I am glad I chose to make this one over the throne. I think there is a little more design in this chair and fewer parts making for a simpler build. 

It was surprisingly comfortable in the end to lean back on the chair. The pieces held really well together and the curve on the back was just enough to give a good lean.