EXHIBITION IS UP!

http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/designers-in-residence

can't believe it but its true! get on down to the Design Museum to view the culmination of all this work...

weird things being born in my studio

keep finding new things I can do with wool and starch

heatsealing the edges of SBW

dab a little fresh gelatinised starch and iron to create a nice sealed edge!

a visit to where the story of wool begins...

Thanks to Trevor for showing us round his beautiful farm in Ashford

they are begining to stack up!

check out the beautiful black one on top

trial and error... and error... and error... and error... and error... and error... and error... and error

 and finally success!

here's the process.. da da!

just in case you didnt know...

....starch is amazing stuff

getting the molds ready to roll

solved the rusting problem by using red oxide paint on the inside of the mold... super

better legs!

much better form! still need to solve mold rust issue...

Whatever the issue...

...breadracks can provide the answer.

300 eyelets later...

4 lovely smoos stacked up and ready...

Putting in eyelets

SBW table top

Drying racks are in place, legs are bring fabricated, alls good in the world of wool...

Nothing but starch and wool

Hmmmm

Experimenting is fun

Whilst I wait for casts to dry can't help but keep having fun with starch and felt...

Thanks Andrew

Doodels on the way to Brighton

Thinking about layering cut felt shapes to create a light filter like sun through the sakura...

i gotta lotta legs... but i can do better!

i want more taper and less over spill

another leg mould

hmmm still not quite right...

THANKYOU ECOS

Thank you ECOS for sending me this giant bucket of organic lacquer... its going to seal my SBW up a treat

http://www.ecospaints.com/

red and gold

red felt and gold eyelets... i like.

ive got nice legs... table legs.

how to cook legs out of SBW...

trying to speed up casting time

by cutting steam escape slots... didn't really work but worth a try!

to dye or not to dye...

BIG MOULD

thanks to andrew marshall for making this amazing mould for me!

mixing party

thanks to my happy helpers for mixing my SBW with me!

its such a perfect day

painting, testing and listening to sigur ros, perfect.

dying the wool

ive dyed a load of wool to use for the larger sheets next week

todays test : great surface finish

i am now finding the perfect time/heat/thickness before casting a BIG sheet next week with the help of Andrew Marshall

testing, testing, and much much more testing.

heres one way to do it

one way to keep the whole thing, even the joints, low impact

good bioplastic blog...

http://www.shapeways.com/blog/archives/374-Cooking-molding-bioplastics-at-home-recipes,-results-tips.html

more examples of the wonders of felt...

http://www.yatzer.com/Fashioning-Felt-at-Cooper-Hewitt

testing testing testing...

sometimes bigger is better

there are times when i find it helps to be able to see things full scale, also i do find it very meditative as a lot of concentration is needed to keep the stroke even with the brush...