Art Prize 2011 #5: Rough Cutting

Boy that is a lot of hogging out of material. How this is the final board? It looks to be 3” thick ( 4 sheets)...Jim

-- Jim Jakosh.....Practical Wood Products...........Learn something new every day!!

Jim that’s correct .. 3” thick. :) Which is why I thought I’d save a lot of sawdust/the life of my tools by “cheating” and doing the top 2 layers additive and not subtractive.

I’m cutting more right now! and it’s going pretty good.

-- Lis - Michigan - http://www.missmooseart.com - https://www.etsy.com/people/lisbokt

What about the actual table structure? That is where you will get votes for your piece.

I have a pretty solid plan for it, but you all will have to wait until I get to that point to see it. I think it is going to be awesome. Due to limitations because of the table’s size (and the fact that it must remain portable), the legs will be removable. But I think it will be impressive even without fancy joinery. :)

-- Lis - Michigan - http://www.missmooseart.com - https://www.etsy.com/people/lisbokt

Hi Lis,
Looking at it, I think you are doing first the South America … just a wild guess. This will be a tremendous work. Are you also cutting the deepness of the seas and ocean? This is good art… title… The earth surface with water drained. Based on my experience, some of the plywood used threads in between. It may rip out some portion. Just be careful. Keep it going.

-- Bert

Bert, yes, exactly! :)

The final product does look like the earth drained completely of water. It’s such a surreal appearance… it really ends up being more of a map of the surface of the ocean’s floor than anything else. We all know what the land surface looks like, so the captivating part ends up being that which we do not recognise. :)

So far so good with the plywood. (crosses fingers again)

-- Lis - Michigan - http://www.missmooseart.com - https://www.etsy.com/people/lisbokt

Now I see the difference of both the top and bottom…. Mt Everest is 36 000 ft and the deepest part at Marianas trench is 39,000 ft. The trenches will look very nice specially when you do the Philippines Trench and Marianas trench… this will attract a lot of people. Put a miniature bathyscape or bathysphere on those trench.. Just a suggestion for the finishing… Another one interesting is the shipwreck like Titanic, and many others… Hmmmm I am getting excited on how this will come out. I knew you can do those small details that you had done on the dollhouse..

-- Bert

Very interesting. I would have said north america based on the second to last picture, where I can see alaska on one end, new england into canada on the other, and towards the bottom, mexico. :)

Wow! That’s quite some project.

-- Ed "Real happiness is one that you share."