Thread: Second Year ASFF - Couch

Ok, been on and off the forum, mainly off, for most of the year. Uni was very busy, but extremely enjoyable, all year, amongst other things which kept me too busy.

Anyway, I mentioned in another thread I would put up a couple of pics regarding my latest piece from University (Bachelor of Environmental Design - Furniture [this is what ASFF became when it merged with UTAS])

So a brief run down of this year's projects, I don't have pics of any of the works, except for the most important one reason being, a. I am not that happy/proud of them (except for the most recent one) and, b. At the time I was very rushed and had basically no time for some good photos (except for the most recent piece).

So here we go.

Semester One.
1.Developed a Fruit Vessel, heavily utilised the CNC, was made out of 2.7mm Plywood (prototype), and incorporated the halving join system. Would like to investigate it further as a product in the near future.
2.Delving further into the halving join system, I designed and made a set of shelves incorporating a torsion box. the internal structure was made from 3mm MDF, I made a profile then had 10 stringers which spanned the length of the shelf 2200mm. This internal structure was then skinned in 3mm MDF in the vacuum press on both sides. A solid timber lipping was glued on all for edges (Tas. Blackwood), I then veneered both sides with .6mm Tas. Blackwood veneer (bookmatched).


Semester Two.
Well this is the piece I am most proud of out of anything I have ever made. I will be developing this piece further next year, but I am not yet ready to go into details.
Basically the brief was to design a setting for two. I had a solid direction of how i wanted to go within the first week of getting the assessment. I knew exactly what path I wanted to take, god knows why, but I just knew exactly how I wanted it to look.

So I set about doing it. I won't go into all the ergonomics, it still has to be developed a bit further in that regard, but the aesthetics are pretty much how I wanted them.

I used the CNC to develop a full scale mould, halving join system, skinned the mould in 2.7mm plywood.
From here, I cut vacuum formed 6 pieces of 2.7mm plywod over the mould, this gave me the shell. From there I veneered both sides in 1mm Tas. Blackwood veneer.
The legs are a lamination made of 24 layers of 1mm Tas. Blackwood veneer. Halving joins with an internal domino attach the rails and legs.

Sanded to 400grit, 5 coats of oil. 1 coat of wax. All finished a day early

Yes, it is small, I don't wish to go into the reasoning behind it, but basically I was going for an intimate setting, which promotes interaction between both parties.

Enjoy.