I considered a few possibilities such as frame and panel, veneered panels, solid wood but in the end I opted for the simple approach of treating the shelves and columns as the frame and fitting the TG and V directly into routed grooves. The TG&V is 12mm thick. Still working with MDF shelves at this stage of testing.
design development continued…..
I find 3D digital modelling a quick way to explore possibilities with the added bonus that it is very easy to generate full sized drawings once the model is finalised. This is one iteration of an exploration of panel possibilities. Using this model I made a full sized drawing of the shelves and cut them out of MDF. I tried out …
design development
One of the things that I consistently ask my students who are studying design with me is ‘what gives a distinctive New Zealand flavour to your design?’ Asking myself that question led to some refinements to the design. I have been considering for some time now how to incorporate some of the familiar elements of vernacular architecture into my furniture …
design
I thought it might be interesting to follow the production of a project from the design through to completion. Design starts with an issue to be resolved or the germ of an idea. In this case a discussion with a couple of my night class students about bedside cabinets was the starting point. Extra motivation came from the fact that …
website fine but blog not
wordpress is proving to be more of a challenge than hand cutting tight dovetails!
First post
This is the first post to my blog. In this place I intend to post some images of my work in progress and information about design and woodworking but in this first post here are a couple of the machines I have recently purchased. Here they are on the way to my workshop in Wanaka. SCM Router waiting to be picked …