The Wheat Chair

Here’s something I found from a couple of years back. An exploration in to what it means to truly make something out of a material.

I started by taking the basic structure of wheat, and simplified it down using a Lindenmeyer System. From here i was able to exploit certain parameters to transform the structure through 180 degrees of change. Overlaying the results and ‘skinning’ it in a smooth curve looks something like this.

The structure is completely dictated by the original algorithm, and it’s form dictated what it eventually became labelled … a ‘chair’. I built the final structure out of wood. It was bloody uncomfortable to sit on so labeling it a ‘chair’ was being kind.