Countdown for Project Chaboo part 2 has begun. I started planning it two weeks ago and we are a few weeks away from an official launch.
Here is a logo set that I am developing for Project Chaboo 2. The skinny one could be a business card. The bottom right I see as a sticker that we print 10,000 of and pepper the city with.
Ive shed the “project” from the original logo and changed the slogan from “collaboration and community” to “community design”. You will see why…. stay tuned…
Check out this veneer coffee table by chaboo artist Jason Hernandez. When I visited him in his shop a few months ago he was just starting to lay out the veneers he had cut and told me about his idea. Now its done and he had the piece photographed by Project Chaboo photographer Anna Campbell. Im glad people have been connecting through the project.
photo by Anna Campbell
MMMmmm. Pretty SICK if you ask me! The design of the pattern is just killer and add to that the figure in the veneers- makes my spine tingle. You can see Jason’s work on his website here. Hes teaching a class at OCAC this summer called Elements of Furniture Making for beginning through intermediate woodworkers. Learn from the master!
The man with the name nobody can pronounce. Its cool man- I use a shortened version of my real name which is actually Kenichaboo. Here he is unveiling his folding chaboo with pride. TIGHT
Ryah Radomski is a cool cat doing lots of interesting stuff. Hes been invited to the prestigious IDSA conference in the great NYC this year to present this bracelet he makes. Congrats!
Ryah also wins the award for most individual parts in his chaboo. These bent aluminum forms are made by laminating approximately 150 aluminum blinds into a form, gluing each one individually. Yes- he is insane.
My shopmate Don Jensen of Synergies Renovations is also doing a chaboo. He is a general contractor who specializes in high end remodels. I met him on a job site years ago and we started to work together here and there. He often curses at the difficulty of my designs to build- but hey, it looks good doesn’t it? Here is a vanity that I designed and he built. More examples here.
His chaboo is titled Cantileaver Chaboo. Its a one-legged chaboo which has molten lead embedded in it for stability. He got the idea for it from ehem, ME! I built a coat rack and melted down lead to pour into holes in the legs. See the blog post here.
The legs are filled with lead and then veneered over to hide it.
Check out the detail in this joint! The man uses dental tools. Ive seen it myself!
photo by Anna Campbell
Don explains the secrets behind cantilever chaboo~
