
After spending 15 of the last 24 hours in the wood shop I'm very happy to say that I've completed my first woodworking assignment. Creating a bandsaw box uses a different process then I am accustomed to. With a bandsaw box its is an almost entirely subtractive process. This meant that any messups would be very hard to fix and turned out to be really stressful. It also allows for allot more freedom in creating curves and unique shapes. I decided to create a sort of 50's fridge style box. I wanted something clean, functional and simple. The idea also works with the way I approach photography, which is taking something real and bending it a little and somehow making it surreal. With my box I made it appear as though the doors would swing open but really they slide out and have a strange curved wall. I also was attracted to the idea of a static fridge that will last forever like the ones of the 50's but juxtaposed in creating it with a very organic and perishable substance like wood. I took the concept of the fridge and twisted it a little and used more of the characteristics that I found interesting and successful aspects of the design. One being making three doors instead of two. This created another round spaced along the side between the doors create a nice repeating bubble form.
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