I finally finished this stool that I've been working on for a handful of months, and thinking about since the start of the school year. My inspiration came from a bench I sat on while visiting Pratt Institute which was made of what appeared to be cardboard packing tubes cut to various heights and tied together. Though mine isn't as glamorous as that, I decided to take it to the next level, starting with a few large, yet flimsy, cardboard sheets and turning them into a very strong cylindrical stool with the help of nothing else but various craft glues (Mod Podge, hot glue) and a bunch of paperclips, not to mention basic knowledge of physics... and cardboard. It's not the coziest seat, but its a huge structural success. My sister was my model this time. Props.
Most of the people to whom I've shown this stool have been uncomfortable sitting on it at first, positive that this dinky piece of cardboard would buckle under the weight of a person. To prove its strength I had my model stand up on it, though I had to do it first to prove she wouldn't be killed:
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