Sara Cecchini developed the idea for an armchair throne for Santa Claus with help from her class. The original drawing was enlarged to actual size measurements for the throne. Pieces of the throne were cut from styrodur polystyrene according to the enlarged design. A milling machine was used to create bas-reliefs in some parts. The pieces were assembled using special glue and then sanded, puttied, and painted gold, white, and red. The finished throne can be seen in Piazzale Lazzarini in Pesaro, Italy.

1. CHRISTMAS
THRONE

2. DESIGN
Here is where the
throne was born.
The idea of this
armchair for Santa
Claus was developed
by Sara Cecchini and
she was helped by a
group of our class.
The original drawing
was magnified so that
it could have the
actual measurements
of the throne.

3. SHAPE
We took the magnified design, that was on a sheet
of paper, and we put it on a piece of “styrodur”, (a
very strong polystyrene) the material that we
used for the throne. We retraced the drawing of
the armchair on the material and then we cut it
and shaped it.

6. In some parts of the throne, to create bas-reliefs,
we used a particular tool: the milling machine.

7. ASSEMBLY
We took all the pieces of the throne that we had
realized and we assembled them using a special
glue.

8. Once assembled the throne was sanded and then
puttied.
Afterwards we coloured it using gold, white and
red.

9. If you want to see it or take a picture of it you can
find it in piazzale Lazzarini, in Pesaro.

10. Arianna Perugini
Manila Baldelli
3E
Liceo artistico Mengaroni