{"id":3064,"date":"2012-11-01T20:33:01","date_gmt":"2012-11-01T16:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/inchscaled.com\/2012\/11\/morris-chair-hard-choice\/"},"modified":"2014-12-25T21:48:58","modified_gmt":"2014-12-25T18:48:58","slug":"morris-chair-hard-choice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/victoriamorozovaminiatures.com\/en\/2012\/11\/morris-chair-hard-choice\/","title":{"rendered":"Morris Chair &#8211; hard choice."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s hard to believe but it&#8217;s almost done. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Morris Chair by vika-m, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/vika-m\/8144944562\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/victoriamorozovaminiatures.com\/imgproxy.php?url=aHR0cDovL2Zhcm05LnN0YXRpY2ZsaWNrci5jb20vODQ3My84MTQ0OTQ0NTYyX2Y4ZTVmZWQ2MjBfei5qcGc%3D\" alt=\"Morris Chair\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s funny how you start working on a project that was developed by someone else, you just never know what you&#8217;ll end up with.\u00a0 It&#8217;s like solving a puzzle, but you&#8217;ll never know the solution \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>The most tedious part:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Morris Chair by vika-m, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/vika-m\/8144940564\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/victoriamorozovaminiatures.com\/imgproxy.php?url=aHR0cDovL2Zhcm05LnN0YXRpY2ZsaWNrci5jb20vODA1NC84MTQ0OTQwNTY0XzAyNjBmZDBjN2Jfei5qcGc%3D\" alt=\"Morris Chair\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I needed just 28 of them but made almost forty, I think. The worst part here &#8211; they will broke even when you make just dry fitting, pulling out in wrong direction and here you go &#8211; another one in the trash bin.<\/p>\n<p>Another nice thing &#8211; the legs. I decided to cover the upper parts with brass. I was cutting it with jeweler&#8217;s saw .<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Morris Chair by vika-m, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/vika-m\/8144909789\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/victoriamorozovaminiatures.com\/imgproxy.php?url=aHR0cDovL2Zhcm05LnN0YXRpY2ZsaWNrci5jb20vODMzNC84MTQ0OTA5Nzg5XzQ0MTdjMjJkYzFfei5qcGc%3D\" alt=\"Morris Chair\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then working on the fitting with files. The more I work with metal the easier it becomes, it&#8217;s very predictable.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Morris Chair by vika-m, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/vika-m\/8144909179\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/victoriamorozovaminiatures.com\/imgproxy.php?url=aHR0cDovL2Zhcm05LnN0YXRpY2ZsaWNrci5jb20vODE5Ni84MTQ0OTA5MTc5X2RiOWI3YmVlNzRfei5qcGc%3D\" alt=\"Morris Chair\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Making mortise and tenon joints:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Morris Chair by vika-m, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/vika-m\/8144942326\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/victoriamorozovaminiatures.com\/imgproxy.php?url=aHR0cDovL2Zhcm05LnN0YXRpY2ZsaWNrci5jb20vODQ2OC84MTQ0OTQyMzI2X2IxNzc1ZGFiMzdfei5qcGc%3D\" alt=\"Morris Chair\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ah, and the spindles again &#8211; fitting and cutting:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Morris Chair by vika-m, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/vika-m\/8144942674\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/victoriamorozovaminiatures.com\/imgproxy.php?url=aHR0cDovL2Zhcm05LnN0YXRpY2ZsaWNrci5jb20vODE5MC84MTQ0OTQyNjc0Xzk2YzEyZWRjNmRfei5qcGc%3D\" alt=\"Morris Chair\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>First dry fitting:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Morris Chair by vika-m, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/vika-m\/8144909427\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/victoriamorozovaminiatures.com\/imgproxy.php?url=aHR0cDovL2Zhcm05LnN0YXRpY2ZsaWNrci5jb20vODMzNS84MTQ0OTA5NDI3X2NmNmYwODA1MzVfei5qcGc%3D\" alt=\"Morris Chair\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now for the back:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Morris Chair by vika-m, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/vika-m\/8144943280\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/victoriamorozovaminiatures.com\/imgproxy.php?url=aHR0cDovL2Zhcm05LnN0YXRpY2ZsaWNrci5jb20vODE5NC84MTQ0OTQzMjgwX2ZlNGY3ZDc0ODdfei5qcGc%3D\" alt=\"Morris Chair\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Burnishing, gluing, moving on to the hinges:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Morris Chair by vika-m, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/vika-m\/8144943614\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/victoriamorozovaminiatures.com\/imgproxy.php?url=aHR0cDovL2Zhcm05LnN0YXRpY2ZsaWNrci5jb20vODQ3My84MTQ0OTQzNjE0XzljMzRhMDEyNDBfei5qcGc%3D\" alt=\"Morris Chair\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nails are a bit tricky:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Morris Chair by vika-m, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/vika-m\/8144943874\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/victoriamorozovaminiatures.com\/imgproxy.php?url=aHR0cDovL2Zhcm05LnN0YXRpY2ZsaWNrci5jb20vODE5Mi84MTQ0OTQzODc0XzAyNjIwM2RkNGRfei5qcGc%3D\" alt=\"Morris Chair\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Looking good:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Morris Chair by vika-m, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/vika-m\/8144944164\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/victoriamorozovaminiatures.com\/imgproxy.php?url=aHR0cDovL2Zhcm05LnN0YXRpY2ZsaWNrci5jb20vODQ2NC84MTQ0OTQ0MTY0XzY1OGMzMzNmMjJfei5qcGc%3D\" alt=\"Morris Chair\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And here how it looks from the side view:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Morris Chair by vika-m, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/vika-m\/8144945202\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/victoriamorozovaminiatures.com\/imgproxy.php?url=aHR0cDovL2Zhcm05LnN0YXRpY2ZsaWNrci5jb20vODE5My84MTQ0OTQ1MjAyX2ZjZGE2YmQwMGFfei5qcGc%3D\" alt=\"Morris Chair\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Morris Chair by vika-m, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/vika-m\/8144992003\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/victoriamorozovaminiatures.com\/imgproxy.php?url=aHR0cDovL2Zhcm05LnN0YXRpY2ZsaWNrci5jb20vODE4OC84MTQ0OTkyMDAzX2Y4NGM0NjA5ODhfei5qcGc%3D\" alt=\"Morris Chair\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Personally, I don&#8217;t really like the angle. Guess, Morris new it better than me.<\/p>\n<p>And now all I need to do is to choose the right frabrics for the upholstery and make little knobs for the brass tube.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Fabrics by vika-m, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/vika-m\/8145049272\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/victoriamorozovaminiatures.com\/imgproxy.php?url=aHR0cDovL2Zhcm05LnN0YXRpY2ZsaWNrci5jb20vODE5NC84MTQ1MDQ5MjcyX2ExYjVkMjViMmFfei5qcGc%3D\" alt=\"Fabrics\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My favourite is the one on the right, plain without color, that&#8217;s what I like usually \ud83d\ude42 But maybe the one next to it is the best? What d&#8217;you think?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s hard to believe but it&#8217;s almost done. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_vp_custom_popup_image":0,"_vp_format_audio_url":"","_vp_album_images":[],"_vp_custom_thumbnail":0,"_vp_custom_thumbnail_focal_point":[],"_vp_custom_thumbnail_cover":0,"_vp_hover_thumbnail":0,"_vp_hover_thumbnail_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[301,343],"tags":[497,536,537,542,510],"class_list":["post-3064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-furniture","category-wip","tag-112-en","tag-furniture-in-miniature","tag-metalwork-2","tag-miniature-furniture","tag-wip-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/victoriamorozovaminiatures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/victoriamorozovaminiatures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/victoriamorozovaminiatures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/victoriamorozovaminiatures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/victoriamorozovaminiatures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3064"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/victoriamorozovaminiatures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3064\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3362,"href":"https:\/\/victoriamorozovaminiatures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3064\/revisions\/3362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/victoriamorozovaminiatures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/victoriamorozovaminiatures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/victoriamorozovaminiatures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}