. 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 little I was considering for that project as far as an aesthetic vision of any kind. To allow myself to consider the aesthetics rather than…

. 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 free float, which is a desired feature for consistency and accuracy. It will also retain the option of using a front sight, which is usually…

. 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 tools needed constraints: motivation, time, trying to shoehorn in any design or aesthetic considerations: Problem: In development, this project was an excuse to use the…

. 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 comfort wear, with softer materials and linings with rubber soles, but this is not my goal. Functional, lightweight shoes that wouldn’t be out of place…

.   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 to follow the designer’s whims. When design choices sacrifice function in favor of chasing a particular aesthetic, it seems to me a poor, perhaps even…

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 project, the parabellum pistol, commonly referred to as the Luger, this project’s success was quite remarkable. After receiving criticisms of one of the company’s pistols…

. 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 mold, about 90% strained play sand, and 10% crushed bentonite clay. . . Once mixed, moistened, and compacted the casting sand mixture held together surprisingly…

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

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 (but smaller). Precisely what this will look like, I am not yet sure, but with fire, a 3d printer, and some sand, I should be…

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 gods and eldritch horrors such as Cthulhu or Yog-Sothoth. Below are four artists renditions of an eldritch horror pulled from a simple google search with…