Waterwolf’s Revenge
      Sun Salutations
      Crate Set
      The Curtain












        Seats for
        Henri Matisse
        Six seats for Henri Matisse, who used cut outs to deal with a disability inhibiting his life-long pursuit, painting.

        My drawings pull shapes from his biographical collage series, “Jazz” (1947), which explores themes of dread, loss and confinement through an innocent visual langauge.

        I chose to design chairs as a homage to the intricate worlds Matisse created while being confined to his own immediate reality, a wheelchair.


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        L’avaleur de sabres
        (The Sword Swallower)
        Jazz (1947), Henri Matisse


        **Le cauchemar de l’Eléphant blanc 
        (The Nightmare of the White Elephant)
        Jazz (1947), Henri Matisse

        ***sketchbook spreads of research & shape ideation
        inspired by details of the collages


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        side and front views in a cut-out style inspired by
        Matisse’s “Jazz”, above perspective drawings
        of the chairs

        research, drawings & collage
        January 2022