Sara Crowell Furniture Portfolio

IARC 486- FURNITURE STUDIO WINTER 2015 Sara Crowell

TABLE OF CONTENTS IARC 486- FURNITURE STUDIO WINTER 2015 Toy Car

-Introduction to Tools Trivet

-Introduction to Joinery Hacking Furniture

-Introduction to Furniture Creation Attachment Chair -Midterm -Final

Hand Held Object: The hand held object was created with a half lap joint and scrap wood.

The objective of this project was to create a toy wooden car that was the fastest and fit into a dimensional requirement.

It is simple in form to practice joinery.

In order to make my car, I used scrap wood and dowels. To create the shape I used the band saw to cut a curve. The band saw was also used to create the wheels and axle length.

It could be used as a trivet or coaster.

Challenges arose when getting the joint to fit right together and not be too tight or too lose.

Hacking Furniture: One of the first projects f the studio was to hack a piece of furniture. The goal was to improve upon and transform a piece of furniture of our choosing.

The furniture piece I found was a plate holder from Goodwill. I decided to use to 3 circles and create small side tables with storage. The tables were to be of varying heights to allow for different uses. Felt was used to create the baskets.

IARC 486- FURNITURE STUDIO WINTER 2015

Toy Car: The toy car was the first project of the studio to get acquainted with the tools.

Borrowed Object: Concept: The concept of the studio was to take a borrowed object and take inspiration either from the form or the function and translate it into a piece of furniture. The concept and design intent of my chair is to create a chair that has a back that can change height to create a flexible less formal to more formal side chair.

Borrowed Object: Glass Vases I pulled inspiration from the glass vases based on how they fit together. They fit together seamlessly because they were made for each other and this is what I want to accomplish with the design of my chair. This is reflected in the back attachment that increases the back height of the chair.

Design Goals: Create a dining chair that can be individualized based off the needs of the user.

It could be a single chair or designed as a set. The goal of the design for the structure of the chair is to be simple and clean. The attachment for the chair is to be designed as a statement piece but also be clean and simple in design.

Initial Idea Sketches:

When thinking about the idea of how things connect and how to relate this to a new piece of furniture, my first idea was about things snapping on the back to create different heights.

After this idea most of the sketches were trying to explore the form of the structure of the chair.

Top: Initial 1:1 cardboard mock-up Bottom: glue-up

Back

legs

Top: Pieces of chair Bottom: Sides of glueup

Top: Mock-up of the sides of the chair together before glue Bottom: All parts of the chair minus the seat in the glue-up process

Top: Front legs joinery

Top: Seat glue-up

Bottom: Midterm chair mock-up

Bottom: Midterm chair mock-up with mockup attachment

THE ATTACHMENT CHAIR

How it was made: The Attachment Chair-Prototype 1

The Attachment Chair-Prototype 1 Potential Redesign

The Next Steps Chair Structure: Adjust front and back aprons Create back legs out of one piece of wood Address details of structure Attachments: Create cushions and identify details

THE ATTACHMENT CHAIR

Midterm chair, midterm chair w/attachment, final chair, final chair w/attachments

THE ATTACHMENT CHAIR

Alternate Cushion Combination Back Detail

Top Cushion Detail

Cushion Connection Detail

Cushion Detail

THE ATTACHMENT CHAIR

Front Detail