Arronax Chair Update

Sorry it's been such a long time for everything. Long, crazy stories. Anyhow, there's been some work on the chair, to the point where it now looks like a chair. Getting finally a bit of Art Nouveau Steampunk Styling, and I have to say, I laughed and giggled like a little schoolgirl when this much came together. One of my classmates called it a Klingon Death chair. I suppose there is that... I knew it would end up scary.

The fun part about this chair is the sense of posture you acquire from sitting in it, up straight, but still comfortable. The knees bend in a casual but kind of intimidating way. You get the feeling you want to order minions to sack the interlopers with a wave of your finger.




For those back plates, I may have to hand rivet them, because the air rivet gun at the shop is SOL. They were pulled rivets as well, and I wanted the dome headed ones (more steampunk and mechanical looking).



I'm still finding it interesting how people find Art Nouveau architecture scary. In one of my Interior Classes, we examined some of Victor Horta's work in Brussels. People said it kind of frightened them. I asked why it did so. The response was to something deeper and primal, like some kind of ensnaring plant waiting to grab them and gobble them up. (I think someting like the plant monster from Jasper Morello). I'd heard similar to some of the Metro Entrances in Paris. I think it's downright pretty, though. And sounds like a much better time going through one of those than staying at the Hostel in Brussels with the Techno Twins Slad and Veder. C'mon, I would drool over that wall.