http://www.dezeen.com/2007/07/12/paper-mache-armchair-by-majid-asif/ architecture and design magazine Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:21:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.dezeen.com/2007/07/12/paper-mache-armchair-by-majid-asif/comment-page-1/#comment-735399 Heidi Sun, 03 Apr 2011 21:52:11 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2007/07/12/paper-mache-armchair-by-majid-asif/#comment-735399 HI, I am almost finished with my paper mache chair. The idea for it started with my husband who wanted to throw away our perfectly usable (but scratched and ugly) outside plastic chairs. So I covered onw with a thin layer of paper - to beautify it, and then sealed it. The motivation was not as much to save money but not to add to the growing cesspool of waste plastic, never to be used again. Anyway, that got me thinking about an inside reading chair, so I took another ugly plastic chair, some old plastic pool piping (to enlarge the arms, legs and top of the back and covered with newspaper). This looked ok, but it was still obviously a modified plastic chair so I filled in the dise gaps with cardboars, a broken plastic hander and sections of old cardboard boxes. The legs looked fine but the feet had the pool pipes ending just before the ground, so I places 4 empty coke cans on the feet, which covered the mismatched leg endings. I am now making the sides stronger with a few layers of newspaper and then will do a final layer with selected newspaper sections. I will post photo's as soon as its done, as i've captured the various stages. (heidi) HI, I am almost finished with my paper mache chair. The idea for it started with my husband who wanted to throw away our perfectly usable (but scratched and ugly) outside plastic chairs. So I covered onw with a thin layer of paper – to beautify it, and then sealed it. The motivation was not as much to save money but not to add to the growing cesspool of waste plastic, never to be used again. Anyway, that got me thinking about an inside reading chair, so I took another ugly plastic chair, some old plastic pool piping (to enlarge the arms, legs and top of the back and covered with newspaper). This looked ok, but it was still obviously a modified plastic chair so I filled in the dise gaps with cardboars, a broken plastic hander and sections of old cardboard boxes. The legs looked fine but the feet had the pool pipes ending just before the ground, so I places 4 empty coke cans on the feet, which covered the mismatched leg endings. I am now making the sides stronger with a few layers of newspaper and then will do a final layer with selected newspaper sections. I will post photo's as soon as its done, as i've captured the various stages. (heidi)

]]> http://www.dezeen.com/2007/07/12/paper-mache-armchair-by-majid-asif/comment-page-1/#comment-714832 Pat Fri, 04 Mar 2011 18:01:12 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2007/07/12/paper-mache-armchair-by-majid-asif/#comment-714832 Love it. Different, quirky and I love the big sculpture pieces. It has certainly given me food for thought and something I may try myself, although I have not done anything remotely like it. Newspaper, patience and thinking outside the box. Right, I am going to get started. Love it. Different, quirky and I love the big sculpture pieces. It has certainly given me food for thought and something I may try myself, although I have not done anything remotely like it. Newspaper, patience and thinking outside the box. Right, I am going to get started.

]]> http://www.dezeen.com/2007/07/12/paper-mache-armchair-by-majid-asif/comment-page-1/#comment-522720 cheyanne Thu, 30 Sep 2010 22:24:32 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2007/07/12/paper-mache-armchair-by-majid-asif/#comment-522720 so have you done it yet? so have you done it yet?

]]> http://www.dezeen.com/2007/07/12/paper-mache-armchair-by-majid-asif/comment-page-1/#comment-493602 spriha Mon, 19 Jul 2010 09:22:43 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2007/07/12/paper-mache-armchair-by-majid-asif/#comment-493602 hey asif i think its a very interesting idea ... i am also working with paper mache and looking into ways that would bring change in viewing paper in general. i think its a great start to change the views about paper and to show how it can be put in use for our daily life style hey asif
i think its a very interesting idea … i am also working with paper mache and looking into ways that would bring change in viewing paper in general. i think its a great start to change the views about paper and to show how it can be put in use for our daily life style

]]> http://www.dezeen.com/2007/07/12/paper-mache-armchair-by-majid-asif/comment-page-1/#comment-419854 kate Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:19:35 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2007/07/12/paper-mache-armchair-by-majid-asif/#comment-419854 great ideas fabulos wow great !!!! great ideas fabulos wow great !!!!

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