Author: mholdsw

In our Introduction to Craft class we have been ironing out some of the specific detailing for the lamp designs that soon, we'll be beginning to make. Everyone has different approaches to figuring out the scale, dimensioning, and material/product specifications. Some choose to model in software such as Rhino or Sketchup3D and will experiment with [...]

For our ITC (Introduction to Craft) class, we have been working on building model staircases through bent lamination of wood veneer as well as on casting plant pots and flower vases with a variety of materials including concrete, timber crete, plaster, resin, and rammed-earth. Although it took many nights with little sleep, failed experiments and [...]

As we all work in teams, preparing the CD set and detailing various parts of the Singleton Pavilion, we're getting practice in making shop drawings and cut lists in the sister class to studio, Introduction to Craft (ITC). In ITC, half of the class is working on building 1':1 1/2" scale model staircases to code. [...]

Hosting a recently broken handle and overrun by pesky weeds, Forest Park's beloved bridge was deeply in need of repair when we began to work on it. Slicing through a multitude of weeds and prying determined vines off of the steel dowels, we battled bugs in the hot sun. Next, the repair of the now [...]

Working as one large 15 person team, we're sprinting to develop the details of our pavilion, storage, and garden designs while simultaneously producing final drawings, renderings, and a physical model to show to our beneficiaries and city partners. As excited as we are about the way the design is turning out, there is much yet [...]

As we look forward to presenting our small group designs on Friday, our studio is in full on production mode. Digital models are being brought to a level of structural and material realism and drawings are being diagrammed to communicate clear program and purpose. Pairing with our teams' digital and drawn representations, we're building physical [...]

Following last Friday's site research presentation to the various involved parties and future beneficiaries of our Community Build studio project, we all took a thorough second pass on research over the weekend. Pushing through the pain of the Eagles' loss and RiRi's underwhelming half-time performance on the Sunday Super Bowl, we still managed to find [...]