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Reader Submitted: ‘Painful’ Chair: An Original Approach to Traditional Woodworking

A handmade wooden chair not only demonstrates the beauty of the wood, but through stylistic choices also reveals the cultural influences and elements behind it. “Painful” doesn’t mean that you feel painful when sitting in this chair. Instead, “painful” refers to the material language of this traditional “Ming” chair—the inspiration behind the chair, Chinese acupuncture, is translated into the form through the 800 hammered wood nails that make up the seat of the furniture piece.