Sweeny todd: the demon barber of fleet street


Photograph: Stephen Heath Photography

The Barbershop chair was one of the hero builds for this show and proved a challenging but fulfilling project in trying to construct the best product to meet the unique demands of the venue restraints, safety factors and performance requirements.

Early assembly test

Chair mechanism prototype

Metallic paint finishing

Leather upholstery with paint finishing

Assembled chair

Chair detail

Chair detail featuring trigger for the mechanism