Tables

I decided that the squishes would be used as a component. There was a little playing around whether it would be a table or a fire basket, at one point i was thinking maybe a chair. I changed my mind though and went for a table.

I like tables, its a universal tool that can look a million different ways. Very similar to my squishes.

I put together a few designs for the legs, some a little crazier than others.

 A few sketches of ideas.

I played around with sketches almost as much as i played with the initial squishes. I settled on the idea of having a squish as the foot of the leg and a connecting bar. The bar had to have something going on with it to make it feel like the squishes. I couldn't use the power hammer on it unless i wanted a really short table so i had to go back to basics.

Upsetting a piece of bar is how you would put a mass into the end of a bar. I don't mind it but there is far too much control in it to be an essential part of the table. I want order and chaos in the tables not just order and chaos on the bottom.

 These are some samples of idea's.

I had to work on making the upset look a littler crazier rather than a flat piece of bar into the squish. I settled up going with square bar slightly upset on the end with different angles. I figured that if i straightened up the bar afterwards there would be a lot more movement in the legs.

A few pictures of the building process.

In the next few weeks i will be putting up pictures of the tables now they are finished. I got table tops made up that were a lot better than the rough plywood. I am quite happy with how they are both progressing. Come this time next week i should have them together enough for a photo.