New LVL Lounge chair

Here's a design i just finished after having a bit more of a play round with the LVL used on the NMIT job. Might still paint the blue bits white, then get some good shots of it next week.

KiaOra Mag.

My Flat-packed stuff just got a wee mention in 'KiaOra', Air New Zealand's magazine. Choice.

NMIT Bench shot in Urbis

Cool shot of the benches i designed for NMIT in the latest Urbis design mag.

Preferences?

I've been working on a new lounge chair design of late. A bit more of a play round with the LVL I used on the NMIT job. LVL's a bit like using a modular construction toy, taking bits away and adding others to experiment with the layout and proportions.. Here's a few variations on the mock up for this chair.

 The form still needs a tweak and bolts covered over etc. I'll also paint the sides of each piece.

 It was pretty apparant to me straight away which one i was going to go with. Which is your pick?

Somebunks.

Hiya, Here's some bunks i recently made for a local family. I added another safety rail to the end. Miro was a happy camper!

New furniture for the VAM at NMIT (or Visual arts and media @ Nelson Marlbourough institute of Technology!)

Hi All and hope you had a great break! We've been making progress on the furniture job for NMIT and the first coat of finish has been applied today.

 Tim Gemmell, who graduated from the Centre for fine woodworking last year, was a great help last week and we got the bulk of the benches and tables cut out sanded and assembled.

 It was a lot of blocks (120) and bolts (310) but we got there eventually. A bit like working with Duplo! I'll post some pics when finished in a few days.

New Bench design for NMIT

Just completed this prototype for some benches I'll be making for the new NMIT(Nelson Marlborough institute of technology) Visual arts and media building.

 Constructed from the LVL (laminated veneer lumber) locally produced for this groundbreaking building design. They wanted some benches and coffee tables for the communal spaces in the building. Nice to reconnect with NMIT as it was where I trained in design under John Shaw. He's now running his own fine woodworking school here in Nelson http://www.centre-for-fine-woodworking.co.nz/