Armchair crocheting

At the last few days I was busy with crocheting.

There are many parts to sew together,

and someone inspecting my work.

carpentering textile

As I promised at the end of my last post, here it is, a textile armchair.
It is all made by old cotton sheets and poly-fill stuffing, the parts are connected with extemporary sewing pins and knotted fabric bands, in order to test its stability and shape. I took them off by now, so I could easily pack and sew them correctly in Maastricht.
It was not the first time I tested it that way. At the first time it didn't hold the shape at all, so I unpicked the four legs and put wood rods instead of the stuffing, it was better, but not very stable, so I added rods in the middle beams too and it was standing almost perfectly.
My friend Gilly advised me to add some screws that would stabilize it perfectly, but I wanted it to be a textile sculpture of armchair, not bad carpentered armchair covered with fabric. Talking about screws clarified that I went too far with the wood rods.
I wanted it to be with textile characterizes, not only a textile wrap.
Looking together at my sketches and discussing my ideas, lead me to the conclusion that I will have to unpicked and stuffed it all again.
Gilly helped me to re-stuff it, and it was her idea to compress the stuffing in order to create stronger rods.
It stands that way not very stable, but just the way I imagined it, soft and a bit crooked.
I am a textile artist, never was good with carpentering.

These are cups I am making right now, will show you more soon.