Final Report Part 1

. 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…

Design Preview

. 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…

Main Project Aesthetic Plans and Alternatives.

. 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…

Georg Luger, an admirable design

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…

Eldritch Upcycling Report

. 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…

Upcycling Project Aesthetic: Eldritch

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…

Aesthetic Exploration: Eldritch

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…