Hephaestus Bookshelf, 2024
The prototype was made on a 1;4 scale.
To start, I printed the silhouettes in scale to use as a mold and cut them down. With this, it was very easy to draw on MDF boards the silhouettes to cut. I used a table saw to cut the 3 frames and sand them using a sander, as well as manually sanding some details.
The hardest part was managing to fit the pieces together, because of the angles. But once it was done, I put them together using a dowel join. To give it a seamless look, as well as to ensure the pieces would stay in place, I used some stucco.
Once the structure was dry and ready, it was time to create the shelves. I used paper to give me a rough idea of the angles and measures, then I would cut cardboard using these references, and start trimming the edges slowly until it was a perfect fit. Once I ensured it was a fit, I used the cardboard pieces as a guide to cut foamboard, to have a cleaner look.
Once all the pieces were ready, I sprayed-painted the structure in a copper color, along with little wood half-spheres to use as the side buttons; and colored the shelves gray. As a final step, I glued the buttons with silicone glue.
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Penumbra Wall Lamp, 2022
For this project, I developed a 1;1 scale prototype.
Using a transparent tube, I warmed it with a heat gun, so I could shape the tube, using a printed silhouette to guide me. After a couple of failed attempts, I got two flexible LED silicone tubes inside and painted the tube with a special spray-neon-paint that shines after being exposed to light.
The main structure tube was spray-painted, as well as cutting some tube-joinery to match the sizes of the design and painting them as well. To show how to lamp would look attached to the wall, we attached the lamp to an MDF board and painted it white, which also helped to hide the cables.
The final result may not be exactly a match to the design, but it gives you an idea of the dimensions and helped us show the 3 modes of the lamp.
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Tensegrità, 2022
A symmetric shelf with no apparent joinery, this project plays with Tensengrity to create an innovative design. With a modern aesthetic, it can be placed in homes or public locations; due to its functional but almost sculptural structure.
Conformed by five levels, the shelf reaches a 2-meter height. The whole structure is made from wood, while the tension is held by a thin rope. Using simple knots to create tension between the pieces. The levels are connected by their corners, having a knot on top and another one under, to keep them in place. While the middle pieces are connected by their center, by the same technique.
The model was done with MDF, a table saw and some rope.
