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Scott Jarvie made this Clutch Chair using more than 10,000 drinking straws. This one is apparently a non-functional art piece, however it seems like one should be able to make a usable chair with the same materials.

Anyone know how to form a curved surface using only straight segments of straw? My best guess is that you could use half-length straws as a wedge to form the curves. [via neatorama]

5 Responses to Chair made of drinking straws

  1. Doug McCaughan on said:

    If the straws were all perpendicular the curve would be impossible. By rotating an adjacent straw, like an X, and changing the “height” of the straw, different geometries can be created.

    • Matt Mets on said:

      I’m with you until the X part, wouldn’t they be more like a V? I’m getting the feeling that it was much harder to construct than it looks.

  2. It wouldn’t be hard to make a long cone form to stretch one end of the straws. That’s how I would have done it, had I any artistic ability or dedication. ;)

  3. This chair sucks :p

  4. Anonymous on said:

    >> Believe it or not, curved surfaces can be made from straight lines… see Wikipedia for “Ruled surface”.

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