Make a Right turn on to Serious St. in 3.5 Kilometers

This weekend I was kidnapped and taken to the San JuanClementeMonicaNewPort area to meet some new people.  Needless to say I had an absolute amazing time!  Swallows Day brought back almost forgotten feelings of going to parades with my parents as a young child.  As I said before though, I met some very interesting new people.  Among these was my friends sisters man-friend, a  very well educated and well versed human being in all that is science and philosophy.  Its a shame that I ended up in his presence in a half inebriated half sick state.  Regardless of that, I still sat down and chatted with him, and my friends sister, about simple things like the possibilities for power transfer via microwaves from satellites following the sun being a practical solution to our growing energy problems.  A topic I was not very well educated in, but had heard learned enough about similar things to understand what he was talking about.  He also asked me about my work, but not why I choose to study wood working, he asked very specifically "Do you find yourself more attracted to the engineering aspect of furniture or the design aspect?".  I was stumped.  Never had I even questioned what attracted me the most; I guess deep down I knew there was something specific so I went with my first instinct.  I said that engineering has always been more like a hobby to me, I can never be straight faced enough to sit down and feel passionate about it, where as with art and specifically wood working I feel a drive to become finely educated as well as extend my boundaries with explorations in experimental designs.  I also talked about how viewing others work is more enjoyable when their personality is transparent in their design.  Mind you I was inebriated and didn't actually think deeply about this conversation until the ride home in the morning but, it surprised me that I actually think of things beyond the physical object.  I am making a mental note of this and referencing it frequently.  Anyways here's a photo from the beach house where we stayed on Friday night.

Tapered Eggs

Oh, you said "Can I have a dozen eggs?" not "Where are the tapered legs?"  Well I guess I can just use these on the table.



In other news, fatigue and delusion's of reality have began to set in.  I have become tired of being so unsure of the realness factor of things.  Maybe I just haven't acclimated to being a Night Bonzer yet, but I definitely can see this being problematic in the future.  I would like to apologize to Kathryn Harris for sleeping in her class.  Also I have in my possession a small bicycle with large tires.  It seems very promising for injuries.  

Big Table or Small Bed and New Love

I have started on my last project of the semester, a table.  I decided to make mine of mass proportions, despite all the creditable advice I received from RF.  Its basically a dining table that harnesses the power or a kinetic wave.  Its funny that I choose to make such an item because two other grads are/have also make similar wave like sculptures.  I am not saying that I am recreating anyone's objects or ideas, I am just saying they are similar and its interesting to note how others personalities can infiltrate your subconscious.  Like a group of females forced to be together for long periods of time our cycles eventually overlap and BANG similar ideas are produced. 

Some of the basic influences for this table are math and liquid.  Not that I am particular about integrating math into the work I just get influenced by the idea that you can think about something for so long that it eventually breaks down into numbers and can be recreated over and over again.  The table is going create a simple inculcated wave.  I want it to seem fluid have flawless control of its direction.  The frame is made of poplar and there is an inside frame/track made of plywood.  The cranking system is still a little uncertain but I want to incorporate some of these bicycle gears I have accumulated.  I am fairly certain about the inner-workings of the wave I just haven't decided on a crank.  Hand crank vs. floor peddles.  Here's a picture of the frame so far. 

In other non-art news.  I just got the FIAT (Berri) shifting through all the gears!!  I just needed to replace the kick down cable.  It's listed as a 90$ replacement part but I figured out a way to fix it using a 5$ gear cable for a bicycle.  It makes me feel so smart when I can actually fix stuff.