Assemblage 6, from which Maquette 270 / Wire and Card Chair was born, marks a dramatic rupture in Toogood’s creative trajectory. Intentionally setting out to ‘unlearn’ the process of design, Toogood enlisted readily accessible materials to render small-scale maquettes, a process akin to stream of consciousness writing. Translated into life-size, Toogood sought to recreate the look and feel of her rudimentary maquettes with industrial and fine materials. While the design suggests the aleatory qualities of folk art or found objects, mirroring the original in grand scale, the result is a playful conflation of functionality and sculpture.

Materials: Zinc-coated steel, cast aluminum, acrylic paint