Project Information
For my senior thesis project I wanted to create a tool to help beginning woodworkers learn about good design and craftsmanship. The design is basically a shaker style table with two drawers that has been split in half. One half is loaded with commonly made mistakes, poorly chosen lumber, and a finish that is just disgusting. The other half features beautiful wood, carefully thought-out and executed joinery, solid construction, and a finish that will make you blush. I added an inlay feature on the table-top where the two halves meet. It shows Two-face from batman, done with appropriately good and bad techniques. I created a large (80"x56") poster which served as a map to the piece, illustrating each of the intentional mistakes as well as explaining their well-crafted counterparts on the other half.Thanks to everyone who helped out with stories of their own mistakes. I have more process pictures and I am trying to find a nice way to display them online. I hope you all like it.
Evan
Evan