It's time for a show or two

This past week has seen momentum building for todays display of work from students from Fine Art and Textiles. We have seen a great deal of them with us in the Wood Workshop over the past few days as they put the finishing touches to their work. With only two weeks left of this first term once again it's just flown by. Below are some images taken from the past few days.

Fine arts Finola adds the finishing touches to her structure 

 Phil, centre, helps out with this structure to hold a sculpture. Lots of activity on this day.

More of the Graphics students were with us and here we see them filling and sanding their letters. 

 Some very nice results!

And another.

We have also had some Interior Design students working with some recycled furniture

 The end result of some hard work on the Wood Lathe

Well that's not going to fit?

Well maybe! 

 Little bit more...

 Nearly there….

Its through! 

And off to squeeze through another door somewhere else

A Little Surge

It has once again proved to be a productive week and we have certainly seen the numbers rising steadily here with us in the Wood Workshop. We have witnessed some truly diverse work taking shape, big to small and the workshop is definitely being put to good use. There are a few deadlines for the students coming up so this should be a vibrant time over the next week or so. Below are some images taken over the past few days.

A lot of style with this project with John helping Hannah fit the pieces. 

When a model becomes reality.

Some very nice skills on show here.

Graphics students continue to make their letters.

Weng straps up this large structure made from ply wood boards. 

Drilling out these knots proved tricky but a bit of effort payed off. 

Some more action on the Wood Lathe.

Another week and this time two more glowing boxes for Scalar

The bottle nearly gone in the way of this lovely little acrylic rod model. 

Fine Arts Frankie gets to grips with his latest structure. 

Another mould in the making.

Looking in looking out. 

A delicate structure being pieced together by these two from Interior Design.

Into the swing of things

We are deep into the first term now and it has certainly proven to be an enjoyable time so far for us in the Wood Workshop. With the first few weeks seeing mainly Fine Art students through the door, now we have seen a healthy mix of students from all over the college. Below are some images taken from the past few days.

Students from 1st year Graphics join us for their letter making project.

 Sanding an M

On the Bobbin Sander with this G

Cutting out another M

Fine Art induction morning. Francis here, demonstrates fixings used within the workshop.

John Demonstrates the versatility of the Bandsaw.

and Weng talks all things Pillar Drill.

Gluing up for a lectern

Adding the finishing touches.

A very nice example of the casting process. Card model to work things out, MDF mould, rubber mould and the final plaster cast.

 BA Fine Art 1st year James, puts the finishing touches to his light box.

Fine Arts Tom, shapes a lovely chunk of Sapele on the Bandsaw

 and continues on by hand with a file

Scalar seems very happy with her light box made from acrylic

Finishing touches to this router worked MDF board.