Research part 5

I have been entertaining the idea of using tracing paper as one of the materials for my stool design for its unique, semi-transparent, light weight and possibly innovative qualities. Although the problems faced with using paper in this project is that it is very flimsy and weak, so i would need to find a way to stengthen it.. 

For my first attempt i tried to glue multiple sheets together with PVA to create a thick board. I cut 20 X 300mm by 300mm squares of tracing paper.

 After gluing the first four sheets it became obvious that this approach would be quite a lot more difficult and time consuming than i originally thought.

 I used heavy books to try to flatten out the paper, but this didnt work at all, the paper was very damp and wrinked from the glue

 After 4-5 hours the glue had barely started to dry out and with the paper deformed, it was not really what i wanted and i looked for diiferent ways that i could possibly used this material for stength..

..to be updated.

My 5 researched materials for possible use in a light weight stool:

Research Comparisons and Exploded View Drawing

The Plywood Chair is specifically designed with basic minimal materials to fit a flatpack scenario and is constructed of just three materials, ply wood, screws and glue:

List A - late C19/early C20

List B - mid C20/late C20

List C - late C20/current