Bench Design

After our initial bench designs, Megan Schwarz and I decided to work together since our bench designs had similar characteristics. We worked together to create a combined bench in the following models:



From there, we worked in the wood shop making our bench out of cypress wood:

In the end our final design ended up being quite different from our original scaled models, but we were happy with the outcome and it still incorporated the key elements that we had wanted from the beginning.

two by four

Our first project in studio this semester was to take an 18 inch 2x4 and create a self-sustaining system (using the complete 2x4, no more no less). At first i had absolutely no clue what to do; i had never worked in a wood shop and was practically clueless to what could be done with the different machines in the wood shop. After taking a day in the woodshop to practice cutting, i had finally started to get some ideas.



Here is my final 2x4 project:






Overall I am really happy with the way this project turned out. I absolutely love my idea. However, the craft could have been better; there are definitely several spots where things didn't fit together as well as I wanted them to (and there were even a few cases where pieces broke). But overall, I love it!