Furniture Design, form development and production
Initial concept for the table was informed by a series of 100 watercolor drawings playing with the balance and weight of different curved lines. Among the collection of forms I selected two lines with subtle difference and translated them into a hybrid object moving between a side table, sculpture and a chair. The entire concept was focused on minimizing material waste in the building process. I first chopped 4 pieces of long, 2" thick white oak lumbar into long strips of square. Next I reconnected them in rows of 6 to recreate the lumbar but with a collage like end grain pattern. Using 3D modeling calculation I was able to precisely identify the exact length of each column to avoid the absolute minimum waste considering the thickness of blade in the machinery. Table is 50 inches long and 12 inches wide. It consists of two pieces rotating on each other connected with inner joinery. The form contrast between the top piece and the bottom, suggests process and emphasizes the notion of beauty vs ugly, finished vs in progress, smooth vs pixelated. I wanted to provoke dialogue when one interacts with the piece instead of following the traditional and divine mindset towards the objects creation.
Initial sketches - Watercolor
Prototype 1
Prototype 2 - 3d prints based on the watercolor sketches
Construction method and rough finalization of the form
The middle 4 bars are flat and join the top and bottom pieces together
In order to make the process of cutting the curve out of a block of wood the most efficient and in an effort to minimize wood waste from routing the edges, I made a .25" offset from the original curve and adjusted the length of each wooden bar to fully enclose the offset curve.
Final form result of the ideation process, informs process and manufacturing method.
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