Free-form chairs tend to be more sculptural in design. Rather than cutting the wood and turning it to a fixed size, the wood is shaved and shaped to follow twists in the grain.

Usually I would split logs, roughly shape the wood into components and then leave them to dry. Often I have two or three ideas on the go at once with various piles of components around the workshop, in the airing cupboard or lying by the rayburn.

Free form chairs require more time. There tend to be a lot more decisions: which way the wood should face, how bits fit together. And there is lot more time spent refining the shape and making it comfortable. Comfort is a major consideration, and often requires a lot of minor adjustments..