Comfort is not a design feature.
KERF
...and utility does not mean basic. These and other design myths are exposed in this simple piece.
I’ve had some painful memories of chairs I’d had the unfortunate pleasure of occupying and challenged myself to make a straight forward, well designed, comfortable chair and ‘Kerf’ is what I came up with.
The name comes from the use of a technique called 'kerfing', which is key to this piece.
Kerfing uses identically dimensioned and evenly spaced grooves, cut into an otherwise stiff material which magically then becomes flexible.
With kerfing placed in the seat and back, suddenly there's an all wooden chair that shapes itself to your profile, rather than the other way round.
Talking about the wood, the frame is solid American Walnut and the seat and back are both from Birch ply.
Birch ply is ideal for kerfing because of its layered nature.
If you've been searching for a simple, comfortable chair, contact me, Nic James, at The James Lilly Workshop and enquire about ‘Kerf’. (nic.james@jameslilly.co.uk)
