Susannah Bourke

I can pull it apart and use the timber to create something new. 

pastel blue

Always check skips for unexpected prizes.

Notes on Tony Fry’s Design Futuring.

I’m still not comfortable with the amount of glue which needs to be used in the process, but I will develop the process more over time. 

stool prototype

Tony Fry, Design Futuring: Sustainability, Ethics and New Practice.  UNSW Press (Sydney : 2009).

A low stool which breaks down into pieces. A cushion sits atop the seat and transforms into a backpack when time comes to move on.

Design and construct a stool which would be the only form of seating the user would own for their lifetime. The seating will support the user from their infancy until they die. It must be reproducible in a small scale production run and support a nomadic lifestyle in a culture parallel to our own.

New work incoming

Read about the project on my website; http://www.susannahbourke.com/thewelcome

the marmoleum section mocked up using paper photocopies

presenting my research

making things always involves stupid mistakes. like this one, where i glued the caul to the back of my panel.

experimenting with photocopies of the marmoleum i am going to use to cover the interior form of my trunk. 

an object placed inside appears to rest in no-space. an inverted plinth.

it looks like it’s painted black inside, but it’s actually a chemical reaction between the tannins in the timber and a solution of vinegar and steel wool. the more tannins a piece of timber contains, the darker it will go.