Material & Joinery Study

I spoke with many of my peers this week, fourth year, third year and second year. In a few of those conversations I was made aware of how "dancey" my coat racks were beginning to look. This got me thinking about what the furniture ideal is. It hit me, that would furniture strive to be human? Would their form wish to represent the same elegance in dance?

This thinking has led me towards a new avenue for iterating the forms I presented in my midterm. The coat rack has definitely began to express itself as something greater than just a place to hang clothing.

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I also began joinery testing. This is of the tapered mortise and tenon joint for the leg of a chair. As the chair is sat in the tapered tenon drives itself further into the seat, tightening it as time passes. I gave the dowel a few taps and I could not pull the dowel out of the hole. A very tight joint.

I use a 5/8" drill bit to drive straight through a piece, then use a hand drill and use the reamer to expand the hole. I then take a dowel and use the tapered dowel tool to shave the dowel to a taper.

The end result. Next steps will be to have a continuous leg to spindle. Shaping a piece on the lathe that can match the tapered mortise but also extend to the back rest of a chair.