FISH ROCKING CHAIR
Fish Rocking Chair
Fish chair detail
Fish Chair arm rest
Fish seat detail
Fish seat detail
Fish Chair header
Fish Rocker with stool
Billingsgate Fish Market
The story begins in London at 5am....
Fresh is best with fish
10 Fresh Sardines
Plaster life cast
You have to work FAST with fresh sardines
Wax poured into moulds
Wax cast fish
Chilling the castings in bucket of cold water
Clean and prep wax fish
Moulding with fish
Shaping the seat
Work station
Shaping the rockers
Shaping the legs
Rocker in wax
Seat ready to mould
Wax seat ready to be encased in plaster.
Wax legs on tree
Wax head rest
Plaster moulds
Furnace
Lifting the crucible
Pouring aluminium
Plaster mould cooling
Smashing the plaster
Seat broken out
Rockers broken out
Rockers clean up
Fine cleaning plaster
Seat cleaning
Aluminium components
Assembling the back
Assembly of chair
Consulting welder
Fixing rocker legs
Assembly
Aluminium welding
Aluminium welding
Aluminium welding
Unpolished chair + stool
40sitting on chair finishedresize_o
An investigation into how far boundaries can be pushed in the foundry and also in how we build furniture.
The rocking chair is a one off sculpture, fully functional and made entirely from life cast sardines in aluminum.
Dimensions: 110cm x 50cm x 65cm
Weight: 30 kg