Terrazzo Techniques for Resin Furniture Making
Designing Your Sketch
A course by Olivia Aspinall , Surface and Product Designer
About the video: Designing Your Sketch
Overview
“To end this unit, I will discuss how to sketch the design for your furniture form. I will guide you in working out what information you need to know about your chosen form in order to design the mould and calculate the quantities of materials. ”
In this video lesson Olivia Aspinall addresses the topic: Designing Your Sketch, which is part of the Domestika online course: Terrazzo Techniques for Resin Furniture Making. Learn to cast and create bespoke items of furniture infused with bold colors and patterns using eco-resin, from the initial mold to the finished piece.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Designing Your Sketch In this lesson, we'll look at sketching the design for our final furniture form. I'll also look at the measurements and information that I need to make my mould and also calculate the quantities I'll need of materials. I want to make this project accessible, so I've chosen a simple form. In this case, I'm working with a cylindrical side table. I've noted some important measurements we'll need on the page here. All my measurements are in millimetres. I have the height of our pillar at 500 mm and the diameter at 250 mm. I've also included the polystyrene core we'll use...”
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Course summary for: Terrazzo Techniques for Resin Furniture Making
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Category
Architecture & Spaces, Craft -
Areas
Arts & Crafts, DIY, Furniture Design & Making, Interior Decoration, Interior Design
Olivia Aspinall
A course by Olivia Aspinall
Olivia Aspinall is a surface and product designer based in Nottingham, England. She grew up learning to fix things around the house with her dad and went on to study a degree in textile design that allowed her to put her hands-on experience into practice. While preparing for her final project, she started experimenting with hard surfaces, which kickstarted her career as a product designer.
After graduating, Olivia began casting and creating from her dad’s garage alongside other design jobs before building up enough commissions to start her own studio. Since then, she has created work for Google, Pinterest, Cancer Research, and more, making bespoke pieces characterized by their color, pattern, and craftsmanship.
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