A Porcelain Chair Teapot

Cardew Royal Albert Wicker Chair Teapot
Paul Cardew Royal Albert Wicker Chair Teapot
Paul Cardew Pormierion Chair Teapot
Paul Cardew Portmierion Chair Teapot

I didn’t know china chair teapots existed, but they do.

About Paul Cardew, Master Teapot Maker
Over the last fifteen years Paul Cardew has established himself as the world’s preeminent designer and producer of collectible teapots.

His talents have also been widely recognized by museums art galleries and the British Tea Council for whom he designed a special range of teapots in the late 80’s.

His obsession with producing ever more imaginative and intricate designs has remarkably not sent him “potty”. His youthfulness and energy bear witness to the naturally reviving qualities of tea.

You can find more about Paul Cardew and more of his chair teapots at the site Cardew Club

Via
The photo’s of this post are borrowed from Trojan Horse Antiques & Collectibles

Etsy

Big Etsy logo

Etsy is a wonderful site of inspiration for ChairBlog.

A search for chair gave 1414 items today

From its press page I gathered following:

What is Etsy?

Etsy is an online marketplace for buying & selling all things handmade.

Its intention is to offer viable alternatives to mass-produced objects in the world marketplace, and to encourage consumers to be aware of the social and environmental implications of their purchases.

The connection between producer and consumer has been lost. Etsy has been created to help them reconnect, and swing the pendulum back to a time when we bought our bread from the baker, food from the grocer, and shoes from the cobbler.

Etsy’s Beginning

Etsy was conceived by Rob Kalin (27) in early 2005. A painter, carpenter, and photographer, Rob found there was no viable marketplace to exhibit and sell his creations online- other E-commerce sites having become too inundated with fraud, overstock electronics, and broken appliances. Ever industrious, he, along with Chris Maguire (25) and Haim Scoppik (27), designed the site, wrote the code, assembled the servers, spliced the cables, and launched Etsy on June 18th, 2005 after only three sleepless months.

Brooklyn-based Etsy now has 48 full-time employees, approximately 650,000 registered users, 60,000 of whom are individual artists selling more than 950,000 of their handmade creations.

Etsy Blog

Etsy has its own Blog: The Storque.

Luxury Airplane Seats

British Airways Seats

American Airlines Seats
American Airlines Seats

British Airways Seats
British Airways Seats

Delta Airlines Business Class Seats
Delta Airlines Business Class Seats

Emirates Airways Seats
Emirates Airways Seats

Jet Airways Seats
Jet Airways Seats
Singapore Airlines Seats
Singapore Airlines Seats

Virgin Atlantic Seats
Virgin Atlantic Seats

In August 2007 ABC News featured The New Mile-High Club: Forget the Hotel Room and described various new luxury airplane seats from various Airlines for their business class and first class passengers.

Chair Paintings (3): Silk Screens By Will Holman

Bounce in Breuer
Bounce in Breuer
Wassily armchair and Cesca dining chair

Via Design* Sponge Blog’s Hommage To Chairs I came across these Silk Screens of Will Holman.

Everybody in Eames
Everybody in Eames

About Wil Holman:

Will Holman is an artist and writer who just graduated from Virginia Tech with a degree in architecture.

He is living in the high Sonoran desert in the middle of Arizona, working on an experimental architecture project (www.arcosanti.org). I weld and pour concrete by day, and work on silk screen prints and furniture by night. He hopes to have new prints on the regular starting in late January or early February ’08.

Other work of Will
Can be found at Etsy

Holman about the Silk Screens:

Being a student of the chair, I have done a series of silkscreen studies of the modern masters.

Two-color print on natural, unbleached canvas. Stretched on recycled wood. Signed and numbered edition of 8.

Size Approx. 11″x17″

Best Chair Design Blog

Best Chairs Design Blog

Via Blog Catalog I came across the Best Chairs Design Blog by Fahmi Mohammad, an Indonesian based architect and interior decorator with similar interests as Yours Truly. Enjoy!