Considering form
This chair has yeilded some possitive results, but has also brought a whole lot of problems to light. This process of unpicking the design took place before the weaving had even been finished. Essentially, it looks good sitting on my bench. On paper, the side profile is gorgeous! Alas it is not meant to be... When the chair is placed on the ground, the under frame slinks away, leaving only the seating half. This woulnt be so bad if it didnt upset the visual balance so much.
Those stretchers are still bothering me... They look directionless - floundering in space. Their shape has logic, but it just isn't apparent. I tried spraying them black (to pretend they weren't there) and mocking-up some stretcher variations, however, they didn't seem to work.
Using similar methods of mock-ups, (blue and white masking tape and odd bits of veneer) i have decided to give the chair's upper half 'hips'. Also, to help link the two halves, i will try adding a curved member which reaches up to cradle the back of the seat on either side (just dry joinery at the point of contact, though linked via laminations to the legs). These i will implement on the 3rd prototype soon to come...