Over the past month my mind (and workshop) has fissured into a melting pot of tools, projects, class planning and plan ol’ creative fury. I have nothing to show for my troubles right now. I have recently completed a “house” style table – craftsman lines with painted accents – and I failed to take picturesContinue reading “The Art Crate Lockers”
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This Week in the Shop: J&D’s Chair
In early August I completed a chair & ottoman set. I built the set as a gift to two of my best friends, as they decided to marry to each other. I actually got to see them meet, watch them fall in love and be an unintentional third wheel in their relationship. Somehow, they draftedContinue reading “This Week in the Shop: J&D’s Chair”
This Week in the Shop: Cardboard Prototypes
This week’s word: Prototypes. Brought to you by the letter C for cardboard. What a week! My students spent last week drawing and planning and designing and planning and planning. We got outside this week! My chair group is off to a fast start. Both “makers” have created cardboard prototypes for their chairs, while theContinue reading “This Week in the Shop: Cardboard Prototypes”
This Week in the Shop: The Cajon Drum
This week, I prepped for this summer’s woodshop classes. The students will be building these benches, mending and designing chairs and constructing Cajon drums. I’ve secured enough lumber for the benches, pulling plywood chair designs from various sources and built this example project. Look to the above link for construction details. I finished the sidesContinue reading “This Week in the Shop: The Cajon Drum”
(School) Year in Review: Art Car 2011
As I gear up for summer program, I will be taking a little time to reflect on my past year. My bosses at work have kept me on as a teacher, although I smell the terrifying and exciting smell of change in the air. On May 22nd, my students (and I) participated in the 2011Continue reading “(School) Year in Review: Art Car 2011”
This Week in the Shop: Reading Stand from Salvaged Wainscoting
Here’s my latest workshop creation. It’s a small reading stand for my wife’s grandmother (or rather, mine too, I guess). The curly flame maple isn’t actual wood, but some sort of printed-Formica laid over some pretty expensive chipboard. The Formica/chipboard came off a local office’s wainscoting, and I just had to grab a coupla panels. Continue reading “This Week in the Shop: Reading Stand from Salvaged Wainscoting”
Bookshelf in Mission Style
This bookshelf recently left the workshop at school. The bookshelf started life as an illustration in The Project Gutenberg EBook of Mission Furniture, by H. H. Windsor, otherwise known as the good fellows at Popular Mechanics. Which the student modified to suit the schools current needs. The CAD mock-up looked like this: In the end,Continue reading “Bookshelf in Mission Style”
This Week in the Shop: The Other Xmas Gifts
I never did get my wife an engagement ring when I should have six years ago now. I finally picked up a diamond for her. In order to make it a surprise and get an excuse for “what did you do all day on your week off”, I spent half a week building her aContinue reading “This Week in the Shop: The Other Xmas Gifts”
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