(CW12)
Rock Maple, fibreglass, rattan cane
830h x 450w x 560d mm
The chair, Inter se, is the synthesis of the naturalistic forms in Chinese furniture and Western ways of thinking. Inter se reverses the idea of the continuous arm that is characteristic of the horseshoe armchairs first produced during the Ming dynasty. The use of cane for the seating surfaces ascribes to the overarching theme of naturalistic forms – derived from the spiritual value placed on de novo organic forms by the Chinese.
Somewhere between these spaces, there falls a point of intersection – a place that is neither part of both. ‘Inter se’ is a Latin phrase meaning “between or amongst themselves”, and refers to this point.
Photo credit Stuart Hay
