After fiddling around with the broken pieces of this dinning chair, I discovered a simple way to recombine them into a nice little ’squatting’ stool.

I find that when working with materials  that have been previously cut and shaped, the easiest way to discover what you can do is to make 3-D sketches. By this, I mean holding the pieces in your hand, putting some together, taking others apart, and propping them against one another. That is exactly how I developed my 3-D ’sketch’ (image above right) to turn this trashed chair into a brand new stool.

After setting my goal for the piece, I began figuring out how it would all come together Continue reading »

I am working on building a library of print documents that have tips for some important steps in the restoration process. With the hopes of saving paper, I’m trying to condense things like ‘Basic Repairs’ into a single sheet.

The final product is a bit more complicated than the image above Continue reading »