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Sooo much going on lately, and a lot of it involves movie-making :)

I'm taking a 'film in architecture' class this semester, which involves lots of practise movie taking & editing (and discussing.  ohhhh, the discussing.), and as luck would have it my studio project is being enriched/enlivened/informed by multiple multimedia presentations throughout the semester.

So here, for viewing pleasure, my fledgling attempts in roles as director, actor, editor, etc. ...

For the film class
(a work in progress, as everything is):

 "Escape"
(a working title.  as everything is(?))

The Box is Set

Annnnd finally, the result of the little 'make a box' project from my dinky bit of a woodshop class. 
This is *just the beginning* for me and woodshop projects, I'm sure.  I loved it!

(I wound up laser cutting some sexy plexiglass inserts for the corner joinery details ...)

Before sanding down the plexi:

After sanding & buffing:

Boxing Day

I'm still wrapping up finals' week at Pratt, and fortunately the last remaining project is one I really enjoy.

I took Woodworking this semester (I'd posted a little about it earlier this year), which is run like a high school tech class.  We had a bunch of small semi-random projects all intended to teach us the basics of how to get around in the shop ... interspersed with old shop injury horror stories.

In any case, I'm working on making a box right now.  It's super simple; just some 45 degree angle connections, a sliced off lid, and some decorative joinery for the corners.  I originally had some high-falutin' ideas for dressing it up, but the more I work on it the more I realize I'd better leave well enough alone.  After all, I've always suspected that I was a minimalist trapped in a pack-rat's body.

Here's the progress!

The edge connections are looking clean, IMO, and I have a cool idea for the joinery.  I'm off to the shop today to see how it pans out ...

Bright Ideas

Oooook, so that was quite the hiatus.
I'm back in school (final year of my Master's in Architecture program!) and rather busy.

But one of the classes I'm taking now is WoodWorking, which I love love love.


That said, I'm attaching some progress shots of one of those projects (with imaginary-person commentary):

"Why, look. An unassuming little cube which has been cut in two and has a hole in it. Ho-hum."

"Ok, so this weird cube also has funny cuts on one side. Whatever."

"What?? It's a light! Oh my gosh, that's the best WoodWorking project I've ever seen!"

Actually right now it reminds me of an egg slicer:

But I'm not done with it yet ...

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