RUSH WOVEN BENCH SEAT
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My goal for this bench was to make sure that it was completely absent of any metal hardware. Hence, the structure of the frame is completely reliant on cross lap joinery coupled with strategically (and aesthetically) positioned wooden dowel pegs.
The only other material in the piece besides the wooden pegs and hard maple members would be its fiber rush weaved seats. The traditional weaving pattern was modified to compensate for the arching profile of the seat members, which gives it its distinctive silhouette.
Finally, I finished the frame with multiple coats of Danish oil and the seat with a honey colored lacquer that gives the entire piece its warm glow and shows off the natural depth of its materials.
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PUBLIC SALVAGED STEEL BENCH
"...the bench is still providing members of the Fuller Height Community a place to sit in the shade while waiting for the bus..."
...to Fuller Heights
Research/Design project
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This miniature design build was a component of my experience engaging with the community of the Fuller Heights neighborhood (as seen in my independent study). I started off by casually knocking on doors on one of my frequent site visits and listening to any residents willing to talk with me.
I learned that the most frequented bus stop in the neighborhood was without a place to sit. I also learned that next to it was a barbed-wire fence that proved to be a hindrance to the residents ability to get into the public park behind it.
Eventually I found a mangled pile of said fence as it was in the process of finally being dismantled by the city. I was able to salvage pieces of old barbed wire hardware that just so happened to be of the perfect size and dimensions to be used as legs. These I welded to a steel plate, fastened to a delicate slab of laminated cypress strips and bolted into the ground on site.
As of publishing this portfolio the bench is still providing members of the Fuller Height Community a place to sit in the shade while waiting for the bus.
SATCHEL 1 - WOOD/DENIM COMPOSITE
I used the prototyping of this satchel to push the boundaries on my experience with wood-working by coming up with a design that integrated plywood with a material that can bend and flex like denim fabric.
I started the design process by conducting a series of tests of the possible methods of adhesion and joinery between the two materials. These tests ultimately informed a design that expressed many of the of the interesting ways that the two materials could interface. By using 3D CAD modeling, laser cutting and sewing its fabrication became a combination of furniture craftsmanship and fashion design.