Only One 18in. 2x4?

This assignment was intimidating at first: make a self-sustaining system out of one 18in. 2x4.
I was at a loss... but I went for simplicity. Since we were expected to use every piece of the wood and had a minimum requirement of 6 cuts, I went with the mortise and tenon approach. I did a tusk/through tenon. The wedges are the pieces I cut off to make the tenon. I decided to make them stick out more because I liked the look and it was a very tight squeeze to wedge them in. I experimented with the angles of the tenoned piece and this is the only angle where the mortise would hold snuggle without cracking or stretching. Although I said this was simple it really wasn't. It took alot of work and I had to learn alot about the woodshop, since this was my first encounter.

Leaffffffffff

I love leaves! Drawing is awesomeeee! WOOOO

Stoel...

Stoel had us sketch and shade these awesome scenes. This one was my favorite. Although we were under a time limit for each sketch I believe this one turned out well.

Still Life?

These I was very impressed with. I enjoyed drawing and shading them. Still life, though? I think not. It is very hard to be the object of a still life. I learned this from experience. You have to get in a comfortable position that you can hold for a long time. I had trouble with that!

The Circle Drive

This is the shaded site proposal for my "rock." It is right outside of the Gatewood building in the center of the circle drive. I had a lot of fun with the trees.

Sketch Model Sketches

These are shaded sketches of my sketch models. As you can see from my project zine that I dropped the pentagonal shape and stuck to the cube.

Time Capsule Zine

This zine is for our time capsule project. My proposal is a gradually polished rock that will be installed outside of our Gatewood building in the center of the traffic circle across the street. It's final dimensions will be 6'x6'x6'. It is to represent us as students who start at very rough and gradually develop in our five years of the program and finally are polished in the real world that we all plan to enter. This program is also a very solid one, hence the rock!