. This project has had some rather severe turns and changes throughout the semester. I originally planned to make myself a pair of moccasins, but found that I had very…

. For the main project, I am designing a custom forend for a rifle I have been working on for the past few years that will allow the barrel to…

. First, a quick few words on the project plan I had written to so far: Specs: function, use existing stock material, don’t fall apart quickly, no additional materials or…

. What could be said for this? Moccasins fit the early American aesthetic, whether of the natives or early frontiersmen, even into the mid 1800’s. Today they fit more into…

.   As far as personal aesthetics are concerned, I am a bit of a utilitarian. If something functions well as intended, any aesthetic design choices are secondary and free…

Georg Luger was, later in his career, a consulting designer for a German firearms and munitions company in the late 1800’s. While his design work is limited to a single…

. Here follows the process of manufacturing what turned out to be more of a nightmarish token than a nightmare obelisk. Below is the sand mixture used to make the…

.   PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE   SAND ACQUIRED   BOXES CONSTRUCTED   ALUMINUM IS ABUNDANT   NIGHTMARES PERSIST     . .   FOUNDRY IS READY   . .…

I have decided to stick with the Eldritch aesthetic for my first project. My plan is to melt aluminum cans into ingots, then cast those to make a nightmare obelisk…

The word Eldritch is commonly defined as an adjective to describe that which is strange, eerie, uncanny, ghostly, or similarly fear-inducing. It is also commonly associated with H.P. Lovecraft’s elder…