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DrFetus In reply to 925-STUDIO [2005-01-13 03:19:31 +0000 UTC]

thank you, i stumbled upon your gallery last night, i didn't leave any comments but i did like what i saw. i have a soft spot in my heart for the metal arts. anyway, i plan on posting the lamp in my gallery when i finish it. as for the handrail it was just a detail for a design, and not actually destined to be installed anywhere. currently it resides in the corner of my hallway as a piece of sculpture.

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925-STUDIO In reply to DrFetus [2005-01-13 03:56:06 +0000 UTC]

i would be a woodworker if it wasnt for splinters and the smell of burning wood drives me nuts. i had a friend who carved drums out of tree trunks that were real cool. ok so no pressure or anything but is the lamp close to being done? cuz i really cant wait. is that a yorki as your avatar?

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DrFetus In reply to 925-STUDIO [2005-01-13 05:15:17 +0000 UTC]

unfortunately the shop has been closed between semesters but school starts again next week. the lamp hasn't been touched since the crit except for moving it from my studio at scool to my apartment. as for the avatar, that is my corgi, soup. you can see more of him in my gallery under soup on the rocks and soup as a fetus.

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DrFetus In reply to discomedusa [2004-12-30 08:30:16 +0000 UTC]

thank you, funny story about this one. the assignment was to design an object in solidworks that would exploit the cnc process. my instructor told the class that he would cnc the projects in his shop. he over extended himself and mine was the only project that did not get done. knowing that he over extended himself i decided that i would do mine by hand. 3 days later i had a sketch model and everyone else had finished projects for the crit. anyway, because of how i have made this so far i have templates for a router and am interested in making one in plexiglass. originaly though it was supposed to be plywood. i like the void in the center though so i probably won't end up covering it. sorry for the long winded reply.

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discomedusa In reply to DrFetus [2004-12-31 00:00:19 +0000 UTC]

i totally relate! i did an internship at school with Rhinocerous and a CNC machine. The professor and my friend and I were all just learning as we went and did a lot of samples of things. By the time we were ready to do our projects, though, the driver computer crashed with the millmasterpro program on it, so we had to seek alternate construction means and tweak our designs accordingly. these two pieces grew out of that experience:
(hope this works)
aural groove
white hoops

yeah, html is not my forte

i like seeing your process and the jig in this photo. and what an applicable process it is.

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DrFetus In reply to discomedusa [2004-12-31 09:32:01 +0000 UTC]

i guess thats where the joy is, somewhere between conception and realization. as for aural groove and white hoops, they seem to have a distinctly handcrafted quality that gives them a sense of preciousness that might not be there had they been cnc made. both of those pieces turned out to be quite striking.

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