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P. 6 Book designs Useless Book
P. 12 Book designs Story of a line, Oceano
P. 18 The Letter Letra de Cuivre
P. 28 Volume CĂ´te de
P. 36 Furniture Project Mesa de Cuivre
P. 46 Final Project Marcado
Cuivre
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Agora vamos ter os girassóis, do fim do ano E o calor vem desumano Tudo irá se expandir, crescer com as águas Quiçá, amores nos corações
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Book
Designs
Creating a useless book, by combining different textures and colours with two black covers, made out of carton pluma. Opening the book, makes it fall apart.
“Us e l e s s B o o k� sheets of different textured paper
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A book design made with stamps a n d b l a c k i n k o n l y. Several stamps of line-shaped forms, creating a wave. The book is foldable and readable in different ways and has two c o v e r s a t t a c h e d t o t h e g r e y, r e c y c l e d p ap e r.
“ S t o r y o f a L i n e , O c e a n o� Stamps with black ink
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Minha
Letra
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A b o u t
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C r e a t i n g a l e t t e r, u s i n g o n e h a r d a n d one soft material. I used copper pipes to create the G-shaped frame and a r o p e t o w e a v e w i t h . To c o n n e c t t h e p i p e s t o g e t h e r, I w e l d e d t h e m . T h e weaving technique I used is a simple, criss-cross technique where I went three times with the rope around the copper pipe and continued in the opposite direction on the other side of the frame. This technique creates a strong structure and gives the rope some space in between the lines.
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M a t e r i a l
Copper pipes 12mm Rope
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“C ôte de C u i v r e” i s a p r o t o t y p e f o r a c h a i r, f r a m e d w i t h copper pipes, and lined with white linen fabric. The linen is wrapped around the pipes and glued together with fabric glue. This creates a stable base and comfortable seating.
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Copper pipes 10mm White linen
M a t e r i a l
Côte
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A b o u t t h e p r o j e c t
A furniture design project . A side table, which could be used in any space in any house with rust i c a n d / o r m o d e r n i n t e r i o r. A f t e r s k e t c h i n g a f r a m e that could be a strong structure in any position: on its side, upside down or standing straight, I positioned the table on its side with a L-shaped structure, an interestng form and firm base for the Mahogany wood that was going to be attached on top. Copper and Mahogany wood are light materials, which makes it easy to move it around and place it anywhere.
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Copper pipes 10mm Mahogany wood
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Combining my Brazilian roots with my interests by creating p r o d u c t s w i t h a s t o r y, g i v i n g i t continuation to every p e r s o n a l h i s t o r y. Unique pie ces, hand made and marcado with a branding iron.
This piece of Elm wood was recovered in the Grange Neuve, a farm built in 1779 in Sainte Gemm e , i n t h e S o u t h - We s t o f F r a n ce. Elm wood is difficult to find nowadays, it is very heavy and resistant and this particular piece was part of the original cow stable. The curves were created naturally by many years of frictio n o f t h e c o w ’s n e c k a g a i n s t t h e wood when reaching out to drink. It has been in the barn since 1800, and has recenlty been recovered.
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To m a r k t h e t a b l e , I u s e d t h e livestock branding technique, also known as iron branding. It is a technique for marking livestock, t o i d e n t i f y t h e o w n e r . To c r e a t e the logo, I used a copper pipe of 5 c m t h i c k n e s s , a n d t w o b r a s s L’ s . By heating up the surface of the copper connected to the brass, the logo was able to burn in to the wood.
MARCADO
For the iron branding: Copper pipe, 5cm long and a diameter of 3,0cm. B r a s s L’ s 49
M a t e r i a l
Kingdom: Plantae S u b k i n g d o m : Tr a c h e o b i o n t a Division: Magnoliophyte Class: Magnoliopsida Subclass: Hamamelidae Order : Ur t ica les Ty p e : U l m u s
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E l m Wo o d Grange Neuve, Saint Gemme (France) 105cm length 30cm width 5cm thickness 4kg
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Gabriela
Moreira Beek 02 09 1995 Amsterdam, The Netherlands gabrielambeek@gmail.com Creative, open minded and curious. Learning about and exploring new places, people and cultures , are at the base of the artistic and creative part of my life.
finding
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Simplicity while and techniques.
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