For high-quality production of wicker furniturewith your own hands, you should follow certain requirements in order to make a chair or stool quickly enough. Using natural materials for weaving involves observing all the design features of the type of furniture being made, such as a chair.
Wicker chair made from naturalmaterials, easy to maintain and perfectly suits any style of room. Furniture weaving is an exclusive type of activity for creating interior items. If the design is chosen correctly, then wicker furniture will look original in an elegant style, distinguished by its special reliability and ease of maintenance and use. Since the number of owners of cottages and country houses is growing every year, their desire to decorate the premises in a naturalistic style requires appropriate furniture, which can also be wicker.
Materials for making a wicker chair
DIY rocking chair diagram. It is worth paying attention to the differences in weaving methods. The following methods are distinguished:
The whole process of making wicker chairsis associated with the execution of original patterns, combining different methods or using only one type of weaving. The durability of wicker furniture is determined not only by the nature of the assembly of all elements, which can be detachable and non-detachable, but also by the material. When using non-detachable connections, glue or nails are used in the process of assembling wicker elements, which gives the finished products special durability.
Options for weaving a chair with different combinationsthin and thick rods. Most tree species are suitable for the production of wicker furniture. Willow, bird cherry, alder, hazel, raspberry, willow, etc. are used. The created can be woven from grapevine, etc., it can be with a rattan coating. For beginners, weaving from bird cherry rods is recommended, which are optimally amenable to bending. From bird cherry, you can always prepare small pieces of rods or tapes that will have a natural shine and an effective shade. To simplify the process of assembling wicker furniture, detachable elements are used, but their number will be quite limited depending on the type of furniture. Return to the table of contents</a>How to make a blank of rods forweaving? Usually, the preparation of rods for weaving begins from October until winter, when frosts come, and also in spring. These seasons are associated with the fact that wooden rods can be easily cleaned and stored dry for a very long time. Openwork weaving of chairs is associated with the use of thin rods, which are cut in the spring. If the core of the rods is thin, then this indicates the quality of the material for weaving. If the rods have a thick core, then they are used to make frames for wicker structures, for example, gazebos. The width of the sheet can indicate the flexibility of the rods, the narrower the sheet, the greater the bend of the material will be, the product will be more openwork. The effectiveness of products depends on the technology of processing the rod from which the white rods are obtained.
Weaving a round chair bottom.The method involves boiling the material in a large container filled with hot boiled water. The rods should be lowered into the container and boiled for about an hour over high heat. To obtain light shades, the rods can be boiled for about two more hours, and the dark color of the material is obtained by boiling it in the same water for 4 hours or more. When the rods are already boiled, you can begin to peel off the bark. Otherwise, the future material will lose its aesthetic shade. To remove the bark, use a split or rough gloves. The product will be most effective if you use glossy ribbons together with the rods, planed from rod blanks that are divided into 2 or 4 parts using a knife or a small cleaver. Return to the table of contents</a>
How to create a chair with your own hands?
Additional braiding of the base of the bottom:a-general view; b-braiding the bottom posts with willow tape (front side); c-fastening the ends of willow tapes (non-front side). Wicker structures of lounge chairs include several elements, from backrests to seats with armrests. The frame can be made of sticks of sufficient thickness. In this case, the braiding is left in those places where the parts are articulated. Decorative designs have certain features, since the functions of the armrests are associated with convenience. A comfortable rest in the chair will be ensured. To make the seat comfortable, the frame is made by strengthening the legs to the crossbar, that is, its crosspiece. After this, work should be done to cover the chair crossbar. Then the backrest is mounted at its upper part, the seat of the chair is made of rods running across. The formation of the armrests of the chair can be done using pre-treated elements, which are soaked willow sticks that are curved. This is how original chairs are made from rods. For example, you can make your own hanging wicker chair. It will be combined with the use of willow rods and synthetic rope.
Stages of weaving an edge braid. In the weaving process, you will need the following tools and materials:
First, they start harvesting willow branches.They can usually be found near ponds or rivers. It is good when they are not too far from a country house or a summer cottage. You can collect branches, cutting them from trees beforehand. The diameter of the rods should be from 10 to 20 mm, you will need about 300-400 of them. After preparing the material for weaving, you can start working. Return to the table of contents</a>
How to make a round chair for rest?
When starting to make a hanging chair, they createA round seat based on a crosspiece. It is made from thicker rods, tied crosswise with a string, which is pre-lubricated with glue. After this, the crosspiece should be wrapped with a thinner rod. For quality, you can use round-nose pliers, pulling the rod from below and above alternately. As the crosspiece is tied with rods, you should periodically measure the size of the seat diameter with a ruler, continuing the weaving process. It is finished when the seat diameter is about 70 cm. After this, using a string, the last rod is tied with its end to the ring, which was the last. The outer circle is tied with a string and an awl, with which it is pulled through the last ring. The greatest strength can be given with the help of a string, which must be lubricated with glue. To weave the back of the seat, use a metal-plastic hoop, on which it is necessary to knit a mesh in the form of a checkerboard pattern. First, pin a rope made of synthetic material to the hoop with a pin. When throwing the rope over the hoop, make sure that the cord is shorter at one end and longer at the other. The second cord is attached in a similar way. Then connect the seat to the back and hang the chair with your own hands on the straps to the tree.
