Design and Create Curved Furniture with Concrete

Design and Create Curved Furniture with Concrete

“We have already reached the end of the course and you are about to start your final project, before saying goodbye we would like to review the important steps of the process. Design your furniture thinking of everything . Pros and cons of size, shape, use of color, terrazzo finish, what can you do? What do you have on hand? How can you avoid generating waste?

Design your mold. Thinking first about the material that suits you, due to resistance, cost, durability, availability, possibilities of reusing it or not ... there are many options! Design your mix carefully, take the measurements of your table and its volume so as not to waste and so that you do not lack material either. Choose the materials with which you are going to compose it thinking about what you have on hand, the local materials that you can buy, how easy it is to do it, prices, etc. Do the mixing and casting until you have everything under control, your mold well secured and prepared. Give it a fresh polish to save detail time, energy and generate less dust. Remember to cover your piece with a plastic to generate an oven effect and reduce the appearance of cracks. Cure and let your piece rest long enough before handling it, it is better to resist the urge to spoil it by not giving it the necessary time. In the detail protect yourself perfectly, it is important that you take care of your integrity and your health, wear face masks and glasses, the same gloves Do not trust yourself! When sealing, do it with good quality products , it is finally the last layer but the first in sight. It is important that you choose the product you prefer in terms of gloss, durability, cost and complexity of application. There are so many options. Try and discover which are your favorites. Remember that this technique works for this or another design, feel free to create something different, to go further, to increase the degree of complexity. With the information that you will know here, you will be perfectly capable of letting your imagination fly. Thank you very much for joining us and for deciding to take the course, we are delighted with the community that we have been creating together, we are more and more from all corners of the world! Any questions related to the project have our support. We appreciate your patience in answering the forum, we are generally full of work (fortunately!) But we read all the comments and try to answer all of them with the same patience and depth, it is actually a process that we love, simply to sometimes there are many participations:) In any case, help us to create valuable and useful information for everyone, ask all your questions through the platform to enrich the content. Now, let's get to work! ”

Partial transcription of the video

“Alright. we've reached the end of the course. For the final project. we'll make a coffee table with a unique design and moderate complexity. This table will have a distinctive top that sets it apart from ordinary featuring curves and cylindrical legs. This lesson will guide you in crafting organic molds for surfaces. Specifically. we'll focus on a coffee table. but this method is adaptable. but you can apply the same method to create a kitchen countertop. a larger dining table. or a bathroom cover. A crucial aspect is that we will incorporate steel reinforcement into the tabletop. Incorpora...”

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Course summary for: Design and Create Curved Furniture with Concrete

• Level: Beginner
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• 19350 students
• 4 units
• 17 lessons (3h 25m)
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• Category

  Architecture & Spaces, Craft

• Areas

  Arts & Crafts, DIY, Furniture Design & Making, Interior Decoration, Interior Design