Little Woodshop of Horrors

Happy Halloween to you all! Nothing particularly scary in the Wood Workshop in the past few days. Just a steady flow of students making their work. This week has seen the beginning of the 1st Year Graphics project that will run with us over the next few Mondays and Fridays where they each set out to make a letter from a particular type face, as beautifully as they can. Some images of the first group with us can be seen below along with examples of other students work.

The first group from Graphics set about projecting and marking their letters onto the board prior to cutting.

Some careful Bobbin sanding. 

The gang nearing the finish with some filing and hand sanding. 

Song, a student from MA Fine Art, sets about cutting some Oak to create a moving arm

MA Fine Art student Kim, fixing one of her legs to her sloping table.

Aier, Celia and Amy form FDA Interior Design have created this straw wall which glows when light is placed behind.  

This group form BA Interior Design, are busy making interactive boxes for their garden project. 

Phil helping a student. He is very handy with a tape measure!

BA Fine Art 1st year Aram, hard at it sanding his Cricket bat and ball into a new shape.
 

We're just limbering up!

With the new term well under way now, we are starting to see some interesting work taking shape here in the Wood Workshop. Its been a good opportunity to flex our muscles ahead of a more demanding and challenging time to come. Most courses have now had their orientation where we meet the new students and introduce them to our facilities and so gradually they are finding their way to us to turn many of their thoughts and ideas into three dimensional work. Below are some images taken from the past week. 

Tahnee and Johanna working on a rather large stretcher. They are joining us on exchange from UDK Berlin. 

A small box under construction 

This team of 3rd year Interior Design students working on their stilts 

A group of MA Fine art students sign in for their introduction to our workshop 

The making of a coffin cot! 

and another window nears completion. 

A lovely bit of engraving into MDF. 

A group of 3rd year ISD students tackle some remote control toys. 

Weng looking as serious as ever. A smile like the next image would be nice!

Back in your box Phil. 

A smaller box this time that can be wheeled about. 

The making of a bar. 

The bar is now open! 

Currently on show in the Rootstein Hopkins Parade Ground here at Chelsea College is a piece of work created by BA Fine Art graduate Alicia Fidler. Titled 'Faill' the work was funded be another of Chelsea Colleges graduates from a few years back, James Paul White. Although an externally produced piece of work it still required the skills of our man Phil, from the Wood Workshop, to help with the finer intricate assembly.

BA Fine Art hit the ground running!

The new start to the academic year got off to a bang with the students from BA Fine Art given just 48 hours to produce work for a show. Several of them ventured in to see us in the Wood Workshop and we were all intrigued to see the results.  What a great idea to get the students going straight off and interacting with their spaces and each other. Below are some images taken form the show set up in their personal studio spaces.