Ventura College Spring 2012 Cardboard Chair Project

Have you ever seen chairs made out of cardboard? My sculpture students did a fabulous job of making one-of-a-kind, unique cardboard chairs. They were instructed to only use cardboard, any type of adhesive, and paint (optional). This year the range of designs covered a stool all the way to the electric chair!  One chair had a cup holder for convenience. Others were created with a specific functional purpose in mind. Others incorporated mathematics into the design. See for yourself.

Pat Kuhn, Alejandro G. Paz, Martin Delgado

Pat Kuhn's Design

Stephanie Gonzalez, Braeden Ayub, Billie-Jean Varela

Ryan Perl and Tod Wellington

Lindsay Passquotto and Sean Chieze

Justin Martinez and Samuel Dutter

Valerie Stack

Chris Barker, Ermelinda Bendy, Abra Dumond

Sean Chieze's box chair

Abra Dumond's 9 flowers chair

Braeden Ayub's lazy boy with cup holder

Justin Marinzez's festively colored chair

a demonstration of durability

Lindsay Pasquotto's lounge chair (comfy!)

Alejandro's music chair

Ermelinda Bendy's Asian inspired chair

Ryan Stack's chair composited 40 cardboard tubes -
solid and sturdy. He also included robotic design on the surface.

Sam Dutter's one page cardboard stool without any glue. What a great idea!

Valerie Stack's movie inspired electric chair

Tod Wellington's solid constructionr stool

Pat Kuhn's Mathematics Chair

Billie-Jean Varela's abstract Chair

Stephanie Gonzalez' beautiful construction. An incredible amount of detail went into this chair.
The chair is carefully woven together with texture on the side. She also put in a drawer for added function.