Picnic Purse

The bag is made to carry a blanket as well as other things you might need while picnic-ing and when you empty it, it forms a table.

For the project our teacher assigned us to spend a while in lowes or some other hardware store, and after looking through all the rows, we needed to spend $15 on items that we could build a purse out of.
I purchased: Canvas from an patio chair cushion, a dowl rod, several fake wood linolium strips and some nuts and bolts.

I've used it several times and it works great. I'd like to make a more sleek version without all the washers, but it works surprisingly well for what is made of.

Door Handles

For my door handle I decided to take the idea back to its most simple form. The original idea for the handle was to remove the base plate, however, after considering the fact that a base plate is usually needed to cover up the hole in the door and the mechanics of the handle I had to redesign it with one.

(The original design without a base plate)

(Sketch models)

 

Cardboard Stool

The idea behind these was to create furniture by recycling cardboard. Inside each of the stools are about 80 layers of cardboard that have been glued together to form a solid block. Cardboard that would otherwise be thrown away can be used to create modern furnishings. Because of the environmentally concious purpose I wanted to either make a form that either resembled organic or geometric forms found in nature. In the end I stuck with the geometric form. Setting the stool on a certain side will afford sitting, while when sitting on any of the other faces creates an interesting dercorative piece.

(The block of cardboard before it was finished being cut and enclosed.)

Visual Methods - Sketching

My final drawings for the Visual Methods (sketching) class.

Plaster Project

Made of plaster in a waste mold.

Foam Project

Structurally connected forms focusing on dominant, subdominant, and subordinate emphasis.

Sketches