it's sittable!

I was finally able to make it strong enough to sit in! I am so excited!!
Now all I have to do is clean it up a little bit and cover up the mounds of hot glue...
:)

the end of the year is almost here!

That's so hard to believe!  This semester just zoomed by.
So here's some more pictures of my chair!  It's MORE sittable than last time, but still not fully stittable.  I definitely still have some tweaks to make before turning in the final version on wednesday.  It's not as pretty as I wanted it to be....but that's because when I was working on it (at three in the morning) I was more focused on the structure :P

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Frame!!

I built my picture frame in the wood shop today!! Yippee!! I'm so excited to see it finished, and now it's out of the way so I can finish my chair.  The way I have the four sides laid out is supposed to echo the way that the legs on my chair bisect the seat.  I used two different kinds of wood to add a little more interest.  I think they work great together! I can't wait to get my pictures matted and put in the frame :)

 front^

 back^

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pictures of my first model

As I promised yesterday, here are some pictures of my completed model.  It isn't completely sit-able, but it's close.  It jut needs some more support with more layers of cardboard and something to hold up the back of the chair.  I would liiiike to make it a little it bigger and taller, but if I were I would have to start over completely and I know I definitely do NOT want to do that.  I will probably make it a little taller/wider for the frame.
Since my form is pretty simple, I would like to make the actual chair out of wood, but I won't know how much time that is going to take until our trip to the wood shop on Thursday. Making the entire chair compared to the frame wouldn't be too much more complicated as far as I know. But heck, what do I know about making things out of wood :P

(Sorry the third and fifth ones are rotated the wrong way....)
:)

ahh!

Oh crap, I haven't blogged in a very long time! 

I think this post would be more beneficial with some pictures, so I'll try and put those up later.  I don't have my models and/or a camera with me currently :)

I'm almost done with my first cardboard model.  I just have a few structural issues to work out for tomorrow's class.  I'm really hoping that the tape and glue that I have will hold it together well enough! I'm also REALLY hoping that it will be sit-able (I'm sure many of my class mates are having the same worry!). I'll put some pictures up later when I'm finished!

:)