Comments on: Two of the things I try to remember when designing furniture https://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/2015/06/23/two-of-the-things-i-try-to-remember-when-designing-furniture/ inside the woodshop Wed, 24 Jun 2015 04:24:22 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Rob https://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/2015/06/23/two-of-the-things-i-try-to-remember-when-designing-furniture/#comment-218174 Wed, 24 Jun 2015 04:24:22 +0000 http://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/?p=3590#comment-218174 Avery, yea, what a fertile imagination the guy has.

Bailey, I’m trying too.

And Ethan, I leave it to the late Marvin and Tammy to make the point:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jz_D-greh8Q

Rob (yea, I still love the Motown sound)

]]> By: Bailey https://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/2015/06/23/two-of-the-things-i-try-to-remember-when-designing-furniture/#comment-218156 Wed, 24 Jun 2015 01:29:08 +0000 http://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/?p=3590#comment-218156 Very good pieces of advice here. I need to take them to heart. I get sucked up in the thrill of a new project sometimes without taking the time to think it through for the sake of beauty. It is a patience that I haven’t yet learned. I am trying, though.

]]> By: thekiltedwoodworker https://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/2015/06/23/two-of-the-things-i-try-to-remember-when-designing-furniture/#comment-218098 Tue, 23 Jun 2015 13:51:42 +0000 http://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/?p=3590#comment-218098 Re: the second point…

I sometimes feel that way, as well. You sketch and draw and THINK about a design challenge or problem so much and FINALLY you get it figured out. A part of you says, “Wow, that was awesome. And I’m done!”

But, as you say, of course you still need to make it. For one thing, you have to test your design! Because when it works, then you get to celebrate the success all over again! But also because it was something you needed to build, anyway.

I most often come across these problems when I’m in the middle of a project. And there is usually some sort of deadline involved. It’s funny – for someone who doesn’t like stress, I seem to work better when I’m under it.

]]> By: Avery https://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/2015/06/23/two-of-the-things-i-try-to-remember-when-designing-furniture/#comment-218086 Tue, 23 Jun 2015 10:32:07 +0000 http://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/?p=3590#comment-218086 I remember the first time I saw Wendell Castle’s work in a show back in the sixties when he was in Rochester. I had never realized that the case goods purveyed in the family business could be stretched and twisted and made to look so different. It was a watershed moment for me.

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