By: Melody Chen & Riling Chen When the Bauhaus opened in 1919, it was a stark shift from the traditional form of teaching the arts. They believed that artists should return to craft and instead of the typical teacher and pupil dynamic, the school was filled with masters, journeymen and apprentices. Their philosophy was simple, students should be able to live in and build the forms that symbolize their environment. At the core of the...
UW Maker Space is a student run organization focused on the exploration of various processes of “making”, some examples of which include metal working, casting, wood working, and digital fabrication. The goal of this group is to push students past theory, through interaction with the physical processes of making, and to foster a community passionate about the traditions of craft and the sharing of information.
Two 3B chair projects will be featured at the Gladstone Hotel’s 10th Annual Come Up to My Room (CUTMR) Event: a chair for Jorge Luis Borges by Aidan Mitchelmore and Andrew Ashbury and a chair for Jiro Ono by Haley Zhou and Lauren Tom. In both cases, digital fabrication made the designs possible. The poetry and short stories of Jorge Luis Borges are often driven by complex philosophical themes such as labyrinths, dreams, recursion,...