Hehe... Beaker, this isnt a contest about making a realistic chair that could be made for real-life use, but even then the backrests can be made and i have seen far more complicated woodcarvings than that, and more volumunous. The problem would be to attach it to the base part firmly, but this can be done as well. It would be an expensive chair, thats all.
As for the "toilet seat" comment, i guess everything looks like a toilet seat if you think about toilet seats a lot, or maybe spend a lot of time on them... hehehehe ;) But toilet seats are oval looking from top, and this is a perfect circle. I twisted the chair like this to symbolise solid structure, and unless you knew, swirled or spiraled structures are the most solid ones in architecture. Also what gives it the toilet seat look is the fact that it isnt an even swirl, but instead the front to back axis is elongated. This is needed to give the chair added stability if someone is going to sit on it. In the end, i can tell you it was concieved as a "tabouret with backrest" you know a small usually soft piece of furniture you can put your legs on if you're in another chair/sofa, or you can sit on it alone also!
Anyway, i might change the polygons before the end if that is allowed :)
As for the "toilet seat" comment, i guess everything looks like a toilet seat if you think about toilet seats a lot, or maybe spend a lot of time on them... hehehehe ;) But toilet seats are oval looking from top, and this is a perfect circle. I twisted the chair like this to symbolise solid structure, and unless you knew, swirled or spiraled structures are the most solid ones in architecture. Also what gives it the toilet seat look is the fact that it isnt an even swirl, but instead the front to back axis is elongated. This is needed to give the chair added stability if someone is going to sit on it. In the end, i can tell you it was concieved as a "tabouret with backrest" you know a small usually soft piece of furniture you can put your legs on if you're in another chair/sofa, or you can sit on it alone also!
Anyway, i might change the polygons before the end if that is allowed :)