No. 052026Lesson

It worked. It could be better.

The first chair was usable and unfinished at the same time.

Fig. 01The first bench assembled: a mosaic-clad concrete base with raw timber slats. Usable, but the team decided it was not finished.

Nothing failed. The chair held. But standing in front of it, the surface and the frame looked unresolved in a way the sketch had hidden. The team chose to sand and paint, and to photograph before and after rather than pretend the first version was the plan.

Fig. 02The same bench after sanding and varnishing.