MANTIS THREE LEGGED STOOL



     After the Eddy stool was designed and built, a taller stool, of bar or kitchen island height, started to evolve on scraps of paper in Peter’s shop.  A design started to solidify after a couple showed great interest in the Eddy stool, at the 2007 Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors Show,  but were shopping for a set of stools for their kitchen.  Much to the couple’s disappointment the solution couldn’t be an Eddy stool with extended legs.  In the design of a taller stool there would have to be at least one foot rest in the front. Therefore, the single leg would have to be placed in the back and two legs would have to be moved to the front to properly support a foot rest .  Back in his shop this concept became the corner stone in the creation of the Mantis stool.  The design evolved past the drawing stage when shapes and lines simplified and softened as Peter worked with the raw material. The first few drawings of this tall stool reminded Peter of the bright green and sand colored praying mantises that he would find in his garden as a young boy living in north Africa.

As the prototype was built in his shop the side stretchers were moved up the back leg and their connection to the front legs narrowed  which ended up diluting this initial image. Though designed to fill a niche between his chairs and short stools, Peter soon found that this stool took time to shape, blend, and carve. 
Each part of the Mantis stool is painstakingly shaped by eye and hand to fit together in this piece of functional sculpture.  Peter does not have a shaper table with jigs, or a small CNC in his shop, both of which would give him a “cookie cutter” approach to making his parts.  As a true artist each piece is worked up by hand., with the final product being an individual labor of love. Once again Peter has created a piece of furniture that seems to move in space.  The sweeping lines of all three legs have a connective flow that compliment each other.  The Mantis stool is another “one of a kind” Thompson design which will add beauty to your home.  Shown at a seat height of 31 inches this stool can be adjusted to meet the needs of the customer.

Cost: $1,350