Random #2: Website
Finally got my website up!! byronconn.com My friend Matt Olpinski made it for me, working with him has been incredible and he is extremely talented at what he does. Thanks Matt
Random #1: RIT Woodworking Poster
Just thought I’d put up a picture some of the Grad students made of everyone in the shop
Inspiration #3: Richard Newman
I’ve mentioned him a lot in my posts so far, and luckily I was able to learn from him this past quarter as an intern professor. Richard Newman is incredibly brilliant and talented but unfortunately has given up on making furniture. Now he makes banjos, probably the most well made you can buy. He had a great run of making some of the most complicated, intricate, and precise furniture of his time. I could ramble on and on but here are pictures of some of his work. The centerpi...
Work In Progress #5: Canasta Final Part
So heres the finished thing. You can see it open in the pictures on the bottom. Better pictures soon to come. The drawers are an important part of my design because of my mother. When I was younger she taught my older brother and myself how to play canasta, and always had two nice decks of cards to play, unfortunately we were not the cleanest while playing and the cards almost always got ruined. Eventually she started to hide the cards. It came to the point where she would burry the c...
