As Work Progresses

So it has been a few days in studio and things are progressing nicely. I have until the end of this week to complete my working drawings. My design has changed a little but only in the minor ways that all designs change as details are sorted out and aesthetics are stringently challenged.

Here are some photos of the process:
This is my friend Darlene. Darlene was unsure of the dimensions of her ass so had my other friend Lys trace her bum for her. Bum tracer!

Actually this is probably a very effective technique. But if not, at least it was very entertaining. Oh and this is my studio space. My lamp is the furthest left, my desk is peaking in as well.


This was an early rendering I did in autocad. Mostly I was testing my newly, ahem, appropriated software (saved four grand...yeah baby!) But yes, the idea has changed a little since this image. I am going to work on another one tonight.





This is my studio as seen from the second floor. It is a pretty neat space. The entirety of the campus of the Royal Danish Academy of Art used to be a Naval Base. As such, the buildings are all pretty interesting in nature. There are bunkers everywhere that make great little hills to eat and take a break on.

I'm guessing the studio was at one point a dorm. Just guessing. Or maybe a secretarial pool. I dunno.

This was a sketch model I made of an earlier design. I made it from individual strips of paper and treated them as I would an actual veneer, molding it into the little model mold I made resting behind it!





And here is the first mock up of my working drawings. Pretty simple little rocker. Made from four pieces (including bracing). The complexity will come in making the molds for the veneer. Especially for the legs and arms.






So that's where I am at right now. Next week we start in the shop. And 23 days from now I better be done!