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Furniture Making, Spring 2005
Projects
The student projects from the semester, both the pencil box and final project, are shown here.
Pencil Boxes
Sawing out the pieces to construct dovetail joints.
Chiseling out the remaining pieces.
A clamp holds the wood stable while pieces are sawed away.
A post-chiseling view of a box piece.
One example of a design for the side of the pencil box.
More pins add stability to the box.
Finished boxes and unattached pieces.
Finished pencil boxes.
Final Projects
A three chair set that fits together, by Dan Fouad.
The three chair set compacted.
A coffee table with a contoured top and angular legs, by James Smith.
These apples rest comfortably on this chair by Lilly Donohue.
This table, by Lira Nikolovska, has a built in compartment for fruit storage.
A detail of the table legs.
A full view of a table with a built-in storage area, by Lira Nikolovska.
End view of this table with a unique curvature in its design.
A compartment sits under the table top.
A contoured, adjustable reclining chair, by Priscilla Graeff.
A table with a unique cross-legged pattern, by Nathalie Westervelt.
Side view of the cross-legged pattern.