Maximo Malaiu

05 — Chairs  /  The full set

Chairs

Every chair, study and drawing from the series, 2022–24, hung loosely the way they sit in the studio. Select any piece to see it large.

Silla Araña in the studio, seen from the side: a tall flat back, a live-edge seat and square legs.
Silla Araña, 2024.
Pencil study of a faceted chair, drawn in loose graphite with shaded planes.
Projecting lines, 2023
The maker at a white workbench, hands moving quickly over a stack of timber boards and a live-edge round.
Laying out stock
Silla Mariposa from a three-quarter angle, showing the folded planes of the back and the triangular legs.
Silla Mariposa, 2023.
Render of a low red table whose legs end in small flared feet, in a warm orange room.
Table study, red
A faceted folded form in black, its white inner faces showing, like a creased sheet of paper.
Folded study, black and white.
Silla Araña standing alone in rough coastal grass and sand.
Out in the coastal grass.
Graphite drawing of an asymmetric chair built from folded, shaded planes.
Asymmetric chair, drawing.
A wooden chair at the end of a garden path, between a white wall, climbing plants and an old stair.
In the courtyard.
Silla Mariposa seen from the front: a wide faceted pentagon back above a seat carried on angled triangular legs.
Silla Mariposa, front
A small study model of a chair: a tall timber back, a brown board seat and crossed legs.
Early model, 2022.
A scattered field of small ink chair sketches testing different structures and postures.
Iterations.