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2018 // Judson University, Prof. Alan Frost
Some people may call hardboard junk. It’s not thought to be sophisticated, beautiful, expensive, elegant, classy, lasting, etc. It is not thought to be worthy. Similarly, though plywood is experiencing a resurgence of interest from millenials, it is still not considered a valuable material in mainstream furniture design. These two materials are lowly, however, this project strove to change that perception.
Anxiety and low self-worth are a growing conversation in contemporary society and medical fields, however, the struggle of valuing oneself is difficult for everyone at times regardless of any diagnosis. Sometimes questioning self comes from what one has been told about oneself. Comments can grow in the mind until they are large enough to cripple the individual or drive them to exhausting achievement. 
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CONSTRUCTION
This project takes lowly materials, materials that have been called garbage, and shows them to be worth immeasurably more than they were thought to be on first glance. The masonite hardbord of the table top is cut into over 700 pieces and hand glued into a herringbone pattern. The herringbone pattern is of particular importance because its material waste makes it one of the most expensive patterns to create. The herringbone top perfectly connects via hand chiseled tabs with its plywood legs. The entire leg construction was CNC routed out of plywood and slides together so that the tabs knit into the tabletop holding the entire assembly in place. The table was given a polyurethane and wax finish to bring out the lines of the herringbone. |
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