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FISH ROCKING CHAIR​

Fish Rocking Chair
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Fish chair detail
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Fish Chair arm rest
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Fish seat detail
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Fish seat detail
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Fish Chair header
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Fish Rocker with stool
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Billingsgate Fish Market
The story begins in London at 5am....
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Fresh is best with fish
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10 Fresh Sardines
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Plaster life cast
You have to work FAST with fresh sardines
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Wax poured into moulds
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Wax cast fish
Chilling the castings in bucket of cold water
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Clean and prep wax fish
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Moulding with fish
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Shaping the seat
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Work station
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Shaping the rockers
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Shaping the legs
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Rocker in wax
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Seat ready to mould
Wax seat ready to be encased in plaster.
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Wax legs on tree
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Wax head rest
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Plaster moulds
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Furnace
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Lifting the crucible
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Pouring aluminium
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Plaster mould cooling
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Smashing the plaster
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Seat broken out
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Rockers broken out
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Rockers clean up
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Fine cleaning plaster
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Seat cleaning
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Aluminium components
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Assembling the back
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Assembly of chair
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Consulting welder
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Fixing rocker legs
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Assembly
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Aluminium welding
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Aluminium welding
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Aluminium welding
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Unpolished chair + stool
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40sitting on chair finishedresize_o
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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
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