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Now slowly cut the bottom of the chair back.

Don't press too hard or you will deform the shape. Take your time. Go deep enough to reach the first cut.

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Once you are done you should have 2 shapes.

On the left, the angle cut chair back and on the right, a leftover you can recycle for later.

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Here you can see how the angle cut rests against the bottom of the U shape, becoming flush with the floor.

The entire back end should stick out about .5cm from top to bottom.

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Here you can see where the front angle cut fits perfectly with the U shape base.

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Now all that is left to do is to use small pieces of Super Sculpey to fill in the gaping holes.

This will make the chair look nicer but also secure it from falling apart and drooping towards the front.

Now take your heater and harden it up for about 2 minutes.

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Now that the gaps hasve been filled in the front and our back has hardened enough to manipulate it without deformations, it's time to fill in the gaps on the backside.

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Now that looks much better don't you think? :)

You can use this time to heat up the Super Sculpey once again. It's always good to heat up and somewhat harden after each modification.

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Now that the basic chair is done, it's time for detailing.

Flatten a thin sheet of Super Sculpey. Maybe 1/4cm thick. but not too thin, we want to see the embossed look.

Cut out a shape that is just slightly smaller in width to the chair back.

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Place the thin piece onto the chair back.

Use your tools to blend the 2 pieces together. Once you are happy with the smoothness, Harden your Super Sculpy another 2 minutes.

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Now the armrests need detail also.

Roll out a piece of Super Sculpey .5cm thick and cut out 2 identical rectangles measuring 2cm X 3cm.

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Place the first rectangle aligned with the bottom rear of the chair's armrest.

Use your tools to blend the 2 pieces together. Try to get it as flat and smooth as possible.

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Here you can better see exactly where the piece must fit.

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And finally a picture of the smoothed out rectangle to the back of the chair.

Now is a good time to heat and harden before moving on to repeat the process on the other side.

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Now for the front pillow details.

Roll out 1/4cm thick sheet of Super Sculpey. Just like you did for the back of the chair.

The bottom piece is the height of the armrests. The top pieces are the shape of the curve but a bit smaller.

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I think you can better understand my desciption looking at this picture.

Now all you need to do is use your tools to blend the pieces together to give an embossed pillow look.