TV Stand for an LP Fan!
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Here is a TV stand that hosts a collection of records. It has glass ends to hold them in and a bamboo top. The top has its edge exposed to show how awesome bamboo plywood looks!
Labels: TV Stand
You got a problem, yo I'll solve it....
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
I was presented with a problem: a clutter and a TV/DVD setup that was hard to access. I came up with this new design as a solution. This is the first build I have done where the wood and glass are inset into square tubing versus lying on top. The top level of each shelf is totally flush with the metal frame that supports it.
Three's Company...
In need of a Keyboard case? This one went from trash to treasure. After checking out the store-bought options, this Frankenstein case seemed to be the best route. I found a discarded Peavey bass case and used a Dremel Rotozip to cut away the old foam, form fit for a bass guitar, to now fit the keyboard. I then lined the inside with fabric from Ikea's end-cut bin. Upon first use, the handle broke, so I fixed that too! When I had found it the brass/bolt configuration was already in play, but now it has a glue/tape job on the other side of the handle, and a peg/glue/staple job for the middle of the handle.
I was fortunate to take the course Textiles and Beyond taught by the Icelandic textile-genius, Hildur Bjarnadóttir. We learned all about working in wool and now, 8 years later, I had a relapse. I bought some felting needles and went to town mixing the raw wool fiber into a prefabbed army/navy store black wool scarf.
Labels: CLR, Felting, hildur bjarnadóttir, Keyboard Case, TV Stand, Wool
Glassed from the Past
Monday, March 9, 2009
A photo of the finished product. In other news... the ArtWelderAndy.com studio is moving to Greenpoint, Brooklyn. See you at the local flea market! I'm going to cater my work for the NYC area. We're talking furniture, lighting, and small apartment sized art. I hope to add more and more found objects into my work. Think post-apocalyptic mad max with a sleek refined artistic sensitivity.
Labels: Band Practice Space, Furniture, Iyadede, TV Stand
Minus the Glass
Monday, December 15, 2008
I haven't heard back from anyone about a glass quote... so this is as far as I can get for now. Laying the glass on the top is a no brainer and the sliding doors come ready to screw into place.
The wood is pine and has been stained, waxed, hammered into place, and then tacked tight with wire nails. The G.H. (inappropriate) is for the audio/visual wires from the stereo to the tv, speakers, et al.
Labels: Steel Table, TV Stand
Metal Cut & Welded in Place
Friday, December 12, 2008
Enough people asked me if I drew the SketchUp guy to look like me so here I am playing the role. To answer the question, "no," the program loads with its own dimwit standing there.
I picked up some really handy corner vises at Harbor Freight. That place is hit or miss, always cheap, sometimes too cheap, these however work great. I used the standard magnetic corners for some of the other joints.
I used the Dry Cut-Off for the angle cuts and the Abrasive Cut-Off for the straight cuts. The Dry Cut-Off makes outstandingly precise cuts with no burr.
TV Stand Design Process
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
I've been living in NYC, away from my CT studio, and have taken advantage of Google's SketchUp to help flush out the design for a TV Stand commission before actually starting the work. It's a great program and really helped with the communication process getting the design to be exactly what is wanted. The images start at the bottom and go up as the design was edited.
The bottom SketchUp drawing was the starting point. It's my own very industrial aesthetic and served as a bare bones base to add ideas to.
I was asked to make the Stereo area be enclosed to protect the equipment from dust and was sent the next image from the Design Within Reach website. The image above the DWR is how I adapted my table to work with the new specs.
The next image up is from the Anthropologie website and was sent to me as an example of the desired color and openness. The image on top was the final and accepted design. I'm now in CT gathering the materials and getting ready to start.
Labels: Furniture, SketchUp, TV Stand
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