A Study in Laser Cutting

Part I

In this study I began to look at how I could use different digital tools to create some of the same objects that I had created with the hand tools. I wanted to know how my design process would change and how the material and machine limitations…

A Study In Wood Turning

10/10/16

This week I learned how to use a lathe to turn wood. A lathe is a machine in which work is rotated about a horizontal axis and shaped by a fixed tool (Merriam Webster Dictionary). Our first lesson in the use of the lathe was as our professor put it…

A study in Turning

In the final study of craft I chose to focus on a subtractive process of wood turning again. For this study I took a class for women on Bowl turning at the Society for Contemporary Craft in Pittsburgh, PA.

Experimental Form II — A Study in Fabrication

Craftsmanship names an enduring, basic human impulse, the desire to do a job well for its own sake — Richard Sennett

Thesis Reading List

Adamson, Glenn. The Invention of Craft. London: & C Black Publishers, 2012.

Alfano, Andrea. “RockPaperRobot Is Making Furniture That Captures The Wonders Of Physics.” Tech Times. June 17, 2015. Accessed October 17, 2015. http…

A Study in Form I

9/16/16

This was the first study in hand crafted woodworking that I have undertaken for my thesis project to this point. This project began with learning two of the more basic tools in the shop: the band saw and the sanders.

A Study in Assembly

10/1/16

For this exercise I learned about the preparation of a material from raw board through to final assembly and finishing. In the study I was working on making a small desk bookshelf. I started with 2 linear feet of 4/4 poplar wood that that still even had the…

Experimental Form I — A Study in Material Interaction and Manipulation

Found + Formed — Making the Intangible Tangible

This Exercise is an exploration of the perceived language of objects that communicate with us to elicit…

A Study in 3-D Printing

Part I

For this study I decided to continue with my iterations on the form of a bookshelf. In my first attempt I stayed with the format that I have been using throughout my previous studies and created the separate pieces of the shelf to later assemble…