A furniture piece designed in response to a brief: "to create a fully realized and resolved prototype or object related to seating". The object expression draws from a semester long study of peculiarities that we chance upon in our daily lives; sometimes out of scale, sometimes out of place- like unexpected anomalies in the matrix. Chance encounters with these blips in the mundane urban fabric offer moments of pause, reflection and focus in the present moment- something that makes you want to know more about it, observe it much more closely and reflect upon why and how it’s there. The rendition of the object is an attempt to capture this element of wonder and intrigue, and draws heavily in terms of visual language from the steel bracing of the Providence National Bank Facade.
The intent is to create a semblance of chaos, using a complex layering of order. A wooden exoskeleton defines space for the intersection of the twisting, warped planes created by a series of strings. The intended use of this piece has been left vague on purpose. It can double up as a table, a stool, or just a conversation piece in the room.
Construction:
96 mortises, 48 floating tenons, 16 corner splines and 40 yards of waxed linen thread make up the final assembly. The construction of the cube incorporates six identical square framed faces, each face being glued and seated inside a rabbet created by the other five, allowing for a vertex joint that can be loaded along all three axes. The corner of each face is mitred and splined, and the diagonals are joined to the edge members using mortise and tenon joints. Holes at regular intervals concealed in a groove on the diagonal members allow room for the stringing.
Edge Members
Diagonal Members
A face glued and clamped in the jig
Materials:
Sapele Hardwood and Natural Waxed Linen Thread
Dimensions:
16”Wx16”Dx16”H
