Tomorrow is the DAY!!!

So soon enough I'll be having my Rach back. Right about now she's waking up getting ready for her flight to Canada! Ah I can't believe it, in another 19 hours she'll be mine again. For all of you just joining in on the blog right now, me and Rach having being seeing each other for just about 2 and half years now. She lives in England, me in Canada. Long distance sucks but we've made it work and she's coming around for her second winter visit to the frosty landscapes of Manitoba. The picture above is of her last time she was here. We went for a skate on the ice path. She nearly froze to the ice.

I can't wait to have her back, long distance can kill relationships but in our case its made it so much better. Well i would love to keep typing but i got to go to bed so fast forward time!

The Table is Finished!

Thar she blows! It's complete! It's Finally done! All that blood, sweat, and tears are finished. This table being finished brings on another feeling. The feeling of letting something go that was so mesmerizing, educational, and enlightening; EVDS 1600 with Calvin Yarush. It was an amazing class, lots of people would say differently but it really did effect me. It opened my eyes to amazing design. And with that it had taught me how to create something like this.

I had a discussion with my dad about what good architectural design is. He was planted on the design being super functional and overall easy to build. I thought differently. Would art really be art if it were 'easy' to create? Easily understandable? My view of design and architecture in specific revolve around the ingenuity and uniqueness of a building. Something that would make you look twice, three times, and four. Something baffling at first, but after examination it would lead in a path that was truly your own. I don't think architecture can be described only as the design of building but as using art to create that building. Its an art, not a blueprint.

So the Table, ALMOST THERE!!!

So the table lives! I'm pretty much 3/4 done. The shape, the curves are all finalized. Now the hours of sanding and fine tuning. The table is beautiful but its time to add some soft spots and a coat of stain. I've been thinking about the colour, and a red oak is probably what ill end up with. a darker stain would wash out the lines of the wood so i think that's a no no. Hard clear varnish will be applied to finished the coat of the wood. I may you a tinted Varnish to break down the number of steps. I hope it goes well, the wood is glued with an unstainable glue, i've sanded enough so that any glue is below the surface, but as I've learnt with this project there is many wrenches thrown at you in design!!

So I've decided that a wicked way for me to review my work and get good insight on it and what i could improve upon is to place it in the worlds largest forum, the Internet. I've been chugging away on this thing for 2 months now, and will soon be coming to the end with a final project, The Table.

The table in all essences will use all the strategies of good design to produce a work that isfunctional, and beautiful. I'm rather inclined to use wood. My dad has taught me a great deal of great wood finishing, and having all the tools to complete i feel this would be my stronghold. I also believe that wood is a beautiful source to use in design. It's natural, warm; it has character, texture. And it connects on a prime evil level with the viewer. A combination of base materials, such as metal, glass, and wood would best fit the kind of design i want to portray.

More University Stress.

Okay this is getting stressful, University is alot more than what i thought it was going to be....Man the amount of work and reading that goes into this sucker! This time around i have a 400 page book to read, many sketches, lots of writing. Geez! but all in all its going well other than me failing a math quiz today. I guess it just shows where i should be directing my attention too. Its going to be a fail, and win kind of relationship with university. I had a second there where i thought university wasn't for me but hopefully ill get back into it.

ok so its been awhile....

holy time can fly. I don't even remember the last time i posted. Ridiculous. Well to let you all know its fall time now in Winnipeg, and the trees are looking cooler and cooler everyday. Just yesterday i saw a tree half purple and half dark green weird! But the reds and yellows and oranges all mean that in a couple months its going to get.....bitterly....cold....and dry. So is the life of a Manitobian. But I'm still happy, i missed winter last year and i am ready to have it again. The snowmobile is ready to go, i have my snow suit together, found my mitts, my toque, and my scarf, and they are all ready to be worn. Hopefully later than sooner, i still want to longboard to school everyday instead of walk through a foot of snow 2 kilometres! We'll wish me luck!!

Lake Time!!

Me and Rach are heading out to the lake this week! We both love the lake, Rach more than me because she doesn't get many times to get out there. Nestled into Boggy Bay off of the Pinawa Channel, we have a quiet and secluded little part of heaven haha. The quads, the boat, the snowmobiles, and everything fun is out there right now, so the family goes there to unwind a little. Mom with her peace and quiet, dad and I with the power toys, and Rach with the water haha. Oh don't forget the dogs, they go nuts for the lake. Absolutely addicted to water haha. Well off to the lake!