PROCESS
Sketches + Mockups
References
This process began with thinking of my hair styles and my sister toyin. I attended the Giants Exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum and pulled from my lived experiences. I created paper models to conceptualize ways of building this stool based on the Dun Dun. Scaled up to laser cut to test for form and configurations. Then up to the Water Jet to test for material and slot tension.
Collage & Transfer practice
Laser cut for quick sketch models
Test cuts for slot tension based on material thickness for glueless assembly
Final cuts drying before stain and assembly
4x5 maple, photo pigment transfer, tension, balance
FURNITURE
SCULPTURE
AIM
OUTCOME
Stool which incorporates woodworking techniques, photo and pigment transfer, and visual design principles to convey thematic explorations of hair making and the beauty that is sisterhood.
This project extends the archive of makers who employ motifs around hair patterns, kinship and fabric to portray thematic narratives centered around the bond between hair making and Black sisterhood.
Combine industrial design principles and art practice to weave together a cohesive visual narrative.
Ijoko Ore
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SPECS
There are three core elements that create the overall shape in 3-Dimensional space. This stool sits at 4' x 5' and is made from an 3/4" oak sheet with photo pigment transfer, tension, visual design principle of balance incorporated.
Front / Side
