A collection of things made by hand during my time at the University of Western Australia and working in the construction industry.
A fifth year model of a not so well documented 'Melnikov's Soviet Pavilion', this model was built using only photographs and very early plans of a temporary building.
A view of the tower, built from any existing photographs and hand drawings of the now demolished building.
A study model, for a mixed use development in a Fremantle car park.
A study model for a residential development over a Fremantle car park.
A flyer, for a piece of designed furniture.
'The cornerpiece chair'.
A close up of the timber connections.
A close up of the finger joints.
Constructing the complex formwork was just the start of this beaufiful staircase for our family home, I since finished the treads (re-used timber from the Fremantle wool factory), curved kickplates and side details as a labourer in my early teens.
Every piece of tread and trimming was custom cut and bent to shape on site.
A plasterglass dome ceiling was fitted in the centre of a circular void, every piece of skirting board, architrave, cornice and kick plates had to be custom fit.
The Tasmanian Oak floorboards were laid, sanded and polished by myself. These floorboards were reclaimed from the "Betts and Betts" shoe store shelving in the city and had to be stripped and planed before use. Each 100kg panel of the 10m wide silicone jointed glass window were all lifted, fit and finished during my time as a Carpenters hand at Highgrove.
The entire house was constructed from reverse brick veneer, every exterior wall had to be built with lightweight steel framing, filled with insulation and clad with blue board. From digging the original foundations, fixing the colorbond roof sheets and a myriad of finishing jobs in-between it was in this house that I learnt a lot of valuable lessons in the construction industry.
Every construction job has its challenges and this job was no exception. I worked on this house from a vacant lot of land until completion and gained invaluable knowledge and skills that has helped me in my design career.
