>As its still the Christmas holidays, I thought I’d take a break from my uni work to trip out to Mr. Iles tool shop again. This time I wasn’t looking for anything in particular, just to browse. I took my camera this time and got some snaps of the shop. The pictures don’t do the Continue Reading
ArchivesDecember, 2009
27Dec>Top of the Blogs
>Here are some articles that have caught my eye over past few days on my favourite design blogs: ‘Eiffel’ stool by Shigeki Fujishiro. This piece of furniture is in fact made from paper mache. I think the design is a little basic, but the use of material interests me. http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/8/view/8419/shigeki-fujishiro.html http://www.outofstockdesign.com/ Ocho Chair by Kranen/Gille Continue Reading
23Dec>Christmas time!
>Although I have been busy filling up my sketchbooks, sorting my learning plan and doing some heavy reading over Christmas I gave myself a little break in my work to get woody again. I decided to pack my billhook and fore in the bag and go and do some cleaving in the coppiced hazel and Continue Reading
20Dec>Pompidou?
>This looks great, I may combine it with a family trip to France. http://www.centrepompidou.fr/Pompidou/Manifs.nsf/AllExpositions/8099A823273116F8C125760900350D08?OpenDocument&sessionM=2.2.1&L=1Continue Reading
18Dec>Tutorials
>Today I had my final tutorials of the term with Jim Cheshire and Neil Simpson. Both tutors were pleased with the quantities of work I had produced and pleased with the ideas I intend on progressing with. Both were quite taken with my woven panels and recognised the potential in those ideas. Neil suggested using Continue Reading
16Dec>Websites Again.
>http://www.kingston.ac.uk/~kx19789/rematerialise/html_and_flash/index-type-vegetable.htm – source for sustainable materials.http://www.ecosorganicpaints.co.uk/store/other-products/wood-glue/cat_71.html – eco-wood glue.Continue Reading
16Dec>Sawing Continued.
>After being clamped overnight the sawn hazel panel was back together, and I planed it up again to reveal a smooth and attractive surface. There were still obviously problems with movement as some hairline gaps appeared between the slats, but I think this panel should remain stable. I planed the board to a thickness of Continue Reading
15Dec>Sawing Continued.
>I left the sawing in the early stages of development on Friday. I had only just worked out an efficient way of safely sawing and then the weekend arrived. I carried on at the beginning of this week where I had left off, and after cutting a heap of equal-width slats, I shuffled them and Continue Reading
14Dec>Websites Again.
>www.bambusa.nl – will need google translate for this one!www.plyboo.com – good suppliers.Continue Reading
13Dec>Slow Furniture.
>This article from the Times interested me a lot. http://property.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/property/interiors/article6952621.ece It talks about the ‘Slow’ movement taking hold of the design industry, with consumers now choosing to purchase well made objects that will last lifetimes, rather than cheaply and quickly made pieces that will last a few years. I think this is all fantastic and Continue Reading
