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Dirty Thoughts / Second Thoughts

2009

second thoughts
carbon fibre, kevlar, bonding resin
H 80 x W 55 x D 45 cm
edition of 25

dirty thoughts
carbon fibre, Kevlar, bonding resin, paints
H 80 x W 55 x D 45 cm
unique in an edition of 7

dirty thoughts-shot
carbon fibre, Kevlar, bonding resin, paints, shot pellets
H 80 x W 55 x D 45 cm
unique

The ‘Monobloc’ chair, used across the globe, is moulded in Kevlar (bulletproof fabric) that has been marked and splashed, then layered with fibreglass and resin to create a chair of imperfections. The choice of Kevlar directly contradicts the mass-produced impersonal values of its origins, demanding a careful, considered and handmade approach. One of the ‘dirty thoughts’ chairs was taken to a shooting range in Bavaria, where it was shot in mid-air, embedding it with pellet marks,

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