[de]sein

first of all, do you think this would be a cool clock? second, could you tell what time it is?

this is a flash file, so you’ll need the plugin if you don’t have it. also, i couldn’t make the script work perfectly so you have to wait one minute before the actual time updates, so watch the pretty lights move and then it should actually get the time right.

and once again, i am unable to embed the file so click on the picture to see it. man, this internet stuff can be annoying.

i sent the fine folks over at mocoloco some pics of the tables and they have deemed it worthy of publishing!! i’m moving on up people!

here’s the post. everyone should leave nice comments about how cool i am.

so for those of you who love that behind the scenes stuff i took some pictures while my family and i were hanging the threshold piece (did i mention how thankful i am for that?) and made a little movie and put it on a little thing called youtube. and supposedly i can now just pop some code into this here post and it will ‘embed’ said movie into this here blog. i don’t know if i believe all that what with the tubes getting clogged and such, but we’ll give it a go and see if it works.

here’s a link in case it doesn’t work.Update: well, i don’t know about you guys, but i’d say that’s not exactly success. the formatting on my computer in firefox just went all to shit. it works in safari. the shop computers with ie are formatted correctly, but the embedding didn’t work. how is it on your computer?

Update 2: i just can’t handle how it looks on my computer. so i’ve taken the embedding out. just follow the link.

and finally, what you’ve all been waiting for, some finished pieces.

the dining table.

both tables together.

some details.

here i am with my baby with my name conveniently on the wall behind me. just in case you were wondering who made them.

and here’s what my corner of the show looked like. we rehung the threshold piece and had it wrap the corner and it looked really good. thanks to my family for helping me hang it while i was sick as a dog!

and now some process shots. first i cut out the pieces for the coffee table.

here’s a detail of the top of the coffee table after some edge routing.

lots of clamps.

the clamping of the big table. i had to do this one all at once. talk about a nightmare! i was sure that it would come out terrible.

here’s the veneer work in progress. the glued the veneer down in one big rectangle and then cut away all of the excess. because the veneer is so thin and so fragile i couldn’t use a router so all of this was cut with an xacto knife. sounds fun right?

ok. so i know that it’s annoying, but i’m going to fill you in on the past 2 months all in one shot. we’ll start with some sketch models. i decided to make some tables and i went through numerous designs before i decided on the final ones. here is a selection.

this is the very first square table that i made. quite intricate.

next i tried simplifying things a bit.

then i went back to getting a little crazy. the top of this one is based on a map of the san francisco bay.

then i decided to go for more of a rectangle table that would comfortably seat 4.

here you can see the dining table with the coffee table that i had planned.

then i went through some color explorations trying to decide what the final ones might look like. i decided to keep them just straight up black and white.

i wasn’t thrilled with the black table, white inlay look, and then i realized that with the construction methods i was using, i could actually do some veneer.

in the next post i’ll get to actual construction of the pieces.