The following construction, weirdo 005b , examined John Locke’s belief that the pursuit of happiness is the foundation of true liberty and thus, happiness. Here, joy is interpreted as comfort while the canted-curved plane of the day bed invites the user to pursue it. Due to the proportions and ergonomics of the piece, only a short time of repose is found before a shift would be needed to regain comfort. To achieve a compound curvilinear form, kerf bending of oriented strand board (OSB) was chosen as the construction method, as I had never attempted it before. Of what I had seen and read, kerf bending is used with plywood, where the grain orientation of each layer rests perpendicular to the layer before it, allowing for equal strength longitudinally and transverse across the sheet. It is also generally used with uniform bends and I can honestly say, never with complex compound curvatures. OSB was chosen as the best material due to the ungovernable,
general mayhem of the grain direction, which was thought to allow for more complex curvatures. The kerfs were set at 12mm, fanning to 50mm at the opposite side with a depth of approximately 9mm of the total 11.10mm sheets. Each sheet was then liberally coated with glue and a horrifyingly stressful duo of ratchet straps were used to pull into the desired form. In the past, my overindulgence of clamps has been noted and this was no exception, with about 15 all employed to calm my nerves and sustain required pressure to make sure this weirdo didn’t end up especially weird. After 24 hours, the clamps were removed and despite my suspicions, the form endured. Because of the varied modes of occupation I could imagine, and all that I couldn’t, the legs were set into the plane of the lounge at haphazard angles to suppress a myriad of force vectors someone might transfer while continually shifting, chasing the carrot of happiness on weirdo 005b .
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