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Workshop
01Stool

February
2023
Workshop Stool, oak seat with a round backrest, green and olive steel legs

Inspired by discarded parts reclaimed from the back of an East London workshop, repurposed into a stool with nearby manufacturers. The silhouette comes from the Liverpool skyline: St John’s Beacon and the water tower at the former Ford factory in Halewood.

Materials
Oak, powder-coated steel tube
Detail
Split back legs screw together so one pipe appears to pass through the seat
Made with
Liverpool metal fabricators
Archive photograph of St John's Beacon under construction
St John’s Beacon, Liverpool
Archive photograph of the Halewood water tower under construction
Water tower, Halewood

Studio

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  • Workshop Stool, three-quarter view
  • Workshop Stool from behind, showing the looped back leg
  • Round oak backrest and seat edge, front
  • Looped steel back leg passing behind the backrest
  • Backrest from above, green column below
  • Looped leg passing through the seat, from above

In scene

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  • Workshop Stool against a blue corrugated door on a London street
  • Workshop Stool casting its shadow on a brick wall
  • Rear view of the stool and its shadow on brick

Raw mini stool

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  • Raw mini stool from above, its round seat and backrest with a circular cut-out
  • Raw mini stool from behind, a steel tube arch looping over the backrest
  • Raw mini stool, three-quarter view on its rusted steel legs
  • Raw mini stool from the front, backrest disc behind the seat
  • Shadow of a figure holding the stool, cast on the pavement