THE HIPPOPOTAMUS CHAIR
How cool is this?

If you’re ready to take your living room on a luxury jungle safari, Maximo Riera has the sofa for you. This imposing animal playfully dubbed the African Water Horse. Measuring 55″x 297″ and textured to closely match a black hippo, the aptly named Hippopotamus Chair may be the perfect accessory to any household floating along the River Nile. Just like a safari, however, it won’t come cheap.

The Hippopotamus is a semiaquatic herbivore mammal, peculiar for its barrel-shaped torso, and is one of the most aggressive and unpredictable creatures in the world. For this design, its tremendous size and volume has been preserved, evading any sections or partitions along its body, in order to accomplish an entire life-size piece

TAMING OF THE FURY

The Hippopotamus is a semiaquatic herbivore mammal, peculiar for its barrel-shaped torso, and is one of the most aggressive and unpredictable creatures in the world. For this design, its tremendous size and volume has been preserved, evading any sections or partitions along its body, in order to accomplish an entire life-size piece.

The skin pattern has been carefully replicated and reproduced to acquire the corrugation and surface imperfections, distinctive of their shape.

This captivating animal has been overshadowed many times by other notorious mammals in the savanna, but its intrepidity and tenacity is well know in their environment. The Zulu warriors preferred to be as brave as an hippopotamus, since even lions were not consider to match their courage.

THE RHINO CHAIR

TAMING OF THE FURY

The Rhino Chair is considered more like a throne than a regular chair.  It contains an inner frame along its body to support the weight and reinforce its balance. There is not a better animal than the Rhino to reflect the nature’s capacity and mightiness.

The artist has been careful to maintain proportions especially as not many have had the opportunity or experience to stand next to such a magnificent beast.

The Artist wants to bring them closer to us, the spectators, creating a virtual interaction. The Rhino chair is built in a superior scale to generate an authoritative force that respects its surroundings, qualities present on the animal itself.