Monday 22 October 2012

the pig.

recieved a warm applause for my last efforts, so good in fact i've been asked to make a couple more, with some alterations. I confirmed with the client a la facey b, the next day i pootled to the demolition yard and purchased some more haggard pieces of timber. they were in a lovely state as always; full of nails, plasterboard dust and weird stains. now that i have a vague idea of what i'm doing, i cleaned them up pretty quickly, cut them to some rough sizes, attatched them together then went home. designing this one was a bit tricky, it had to be double the distance from the floor as the prevous table, with a shelf incorporated to house a PS3, and a box of K'nex. I was also trying to be wary of it looking too similar to existing ideas, which of course is impossible but hell i may as well try. i wanted to put some legs on which came out at an angle, as i hadn't done that yet. the table and legs on their own looked like this:


really struggled for ideas on the shelf, at one point i was seriously considering the concept of hanging one from the metal rods that hold it together. eventually, i came to the conclusion that it would be better if the shelf added strength to the whole structure rather than be something that could create stress in places.

had the roughest idea ever, purely made it up as i went along, as is the style that works for me. i was tempted to sand down the shelf struts back to wood, then thought it would be cooler (lazier) if i just left them alone, all discoloured and painted. it would also add more contrast to the piece, so you have clean, shabby and totally knackered looking timber it. the hardest bit about assembling the frame was that i actually had to measure accurately where to drill the holes. i just nailed in the rest, didn't see much point in doing anything intricate. so the final item appears as follows:

the next one has to incorporate a small wine rack.........

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