Eco friendly green furniture made of reclaimed wood and recycled teak.
A stick made of hickory wood
A chiefly North American tree of the walnut family that yields useful timber and typically bears edible nuts
American hardwood tree bearing edible nuts
valuable tough heavy hardwood from various hickory trees
Trees in the genus Carya (from Ancient Greek ?????? "nut") are commonly known as Hickory, derived from the Powhatan language of Virginia. The genus includes 17–19 species of deciduous trees with pinnately compound leaves and large nuts.
Moving Mountains, detail
Grain and prototype details
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As a student at the University of Oregon studying interior architecture, I was fortunate to take a furniture design studio. The project for the Winter 2011 term was a bit different than most, we were to design a modular seating system for Lawrence Hall, the building the interior architecture program calls home. This project was about providing an interesting, new approach to group seating, bridging a gap between art and furniture design.
Starting with 4 groups and 4 different ideas, this idea was formed, to create a mountain/pyramid type seating system.
Most of us were new to woodworking and many of the shop tools. The angles proved to be quite difficult, but we certainly took it on in full force and created this prototype out of hickory plywood in 5 weeks.
Photo credit to Amy Robinson
Moving Mountains, in the shop
Process in the wood shop
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As a student at the University of Oregon studying interior architecture, I was fortunate to take a furniture design studio. The project for the Winter 2011 term was a bit different than most, we were to design a modular seating system for Lawrence Hall, the building the interior architecture program calls home. This project was about providing an interesting, new approach to group seating, bridging a gap between art and furniture design.
Starting with 4 groups and 4 different ideas, this idea was formed, to create a mountain/pyramid type seating system.
Most of us were new to woodworking and many of the shop tools. The angles proved to be quite difficult, but we certainly took it on in full force and created this prototype out of hickory plywood in 5 weeks.