How sbtd
Understanding structures
My fascination towards structures started after I had a
worked extensively in the Srishti workshop. My understanding started developing
as I started creating “piece” out of several Pieces. The way a machine
intervene a ply sheet is how I look at my present interventions in space.
From a blank sheet, its transformation into something that
is more accessible.
While making structures I have power of controlling the
basic structure, its ergonomics and its strength but it’s important to take in
consideration these three keys points.
I was under constant assistance by Mr.
David and Prasad sir while working with the machines. Creation of the design
took 2 days and 3rd day I had to figure out the angles,
measurements, ergonomics and the kind of wood I’ll be using.
On the 4th
day I showed them the design and Mr. Prasad told me it was going to be easy but
building structures is one of the hardest things I had to do.
It involves a lot
of learning through failure. Whether it was joining 10 degree angle of a 1 inch
thick, 40 by 24 inches triangle to a 24 by 12 triangular piece or sanding the
triangles to the perfect 10 degree, if failed trying to tweak the angle a
little bit and matching it with the other piece..
Joining the wooden piece
involved usage of 1 and 2 inches nails, fevicol SH, Araldite, M seal and nuts
and bots.
It involved painting so the ply went through a lot of manual sanding
and on the third day I realized the importance of mask, it rescued me from a
really bad cold due to saw dust.
The best learning apart from the technicalities was that
never compromise on the design
and the ergonomics.
I made the base and the
Angular back rest individually. There were some negative remarks regarding the
weight of the base and the back rest. But with immense trust in math, material
and myself I was able to make a working model.
This is when I realized that to understand any space or
structure, building and experiencing that built up is really important.
Painting after sanding for three days
Sanding the piece according to the ergonomic angle
customizing the nails according
Always wear a mask
Covering the nail holes with m seal
The judgement day, joining the two major parts, base and the back rest.
Sbtd at the exhibition.
