Furniture Design
Solid Walnut Table
The goal for this project was to create a piece of furniture from a single piece of wood, which we selected from a lumber yard on the first day of class. We then sketched 100 ideas for our pieces, selected our favorites, and sketched various iterations of the design before creating a computer model, and constructing a plywood prototype using our desired joinery methods. I then layed out my pieces, cut and sanded the pieces, and assembled the table before applying three coats of a polyurethane finish.
Preliminary Sketches
Pieces placed where they will be cut
3D Computer Model-Pieces
3D Model-Assembled
Bent Wood Lounge Chair
This lounge chair was a quick project that intended to teach us various wood bending techniques. I chose to make mine by laminating bent wood. To do this, I created a jig for the pieces of my desired design, cut 1/16” thick strips of ash wood, then put a thick layer of carnauba wax along the sides of the jig before putting the strips of ash into the jig with glue sandwiched between them. I then sanded away the excess glue and assembled the lounge, drilled the holes for the red rope, and pulled the rope through, knotting the ends.
Ideation Sketch
3D Computer Model
Jig Layout
The model I made was at 1/4 scale, and the actual lounge pieces were designed to be 1/2” thick, so only two strips of wood would be needed for each piece to be the necessary 1/8” thick.
