Wood as a design material – Liam Kelly

This toolkit aims to reinforce the premise that the process of design is inseparable from the nature of the material.

We will be exploring the challenges of designing within the constraints of wood, aiming to create an item of furniture that uses no other materials.

In the toolkit we will explore the qualities of wood through experiment and research. We will design by doing - shaping bolsa, plywood and paper with hand tools.

The learning environment will be studio based where we will sketch and manually make things. There will also be talks on wood technology and site visits to wood industries.

There will be no CAD.

Assessment will be ongoing, as well as on presentation of a bolsa, plywood or paper scale models and freehand concept sketches.

Toolkits admin

Toolkits run for 6 weeks x 4 hours a week
Presentations will be held in week 7 and week 14.
each toolkit contributes 50% to the semester mark

There is no CAD-documentation component in Technology 4

Toolkits are conducted on Wednesdays, 9:00am-1:00pm or 1:30pm-5:30pm

tOOLKITS

Technology Toolkits Balloting

The balloting for Technology 4 toolkits will take place on Monday 16th July at building 87.04. gallery space.

The ballot will be a paper based preferential ballot as per technology 3 and studio 3.

Class list will be distributed via Email on Tuesday 17th July.

Balloting is not an enrollment process. Students are required to manage their personal enrollment and HECS liability.