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'SHOEZ' has been the inspiration for my senior thesis. How we wear shoez, what do they mean culturally, socially, and physically. What if there were no longer a need for shoez, would our society change? My project challenges the way one thinks about the touching sensation we feel with our feet. One of the five senses, and long since forgotten about, I seek to reintroduce the natural way in which one experiences surface and architecture. This project that I am building will allow people to walk, sit, and enjoy the availability of sense with a non-commercial material using recycled media. I also am seeking an architecture that accepts the body, not just our feet, but one that supports the anatomy of the human form. Imagine walking into a cafe, ordering your non-fat, 180 degree extra hot, no foam latte and nestling within a cove that is soft, forms to your sore back, and is made simply into the wall while opening a new novel and disappearing for a few hours. No need for chairs, or tables or loud neighbors.

Enjoy the progress I make as I navigate through these last few months of my college education, Enjoy!

Sunday, May 9, 2010

Holly's Helpers

This weekend was BUSY!!! My mom and Scott came down to San Luis Obispo to help me build up my project since I am now a gimp! They were great and we finished more than I expected. We started with the individual members, glued and bolted them together and then added wheels. Next we added dowels to stabilize and space out each tier. We got as far as adding one and a half layers of the 1/8" hardboard on top of the tiers. It turned out to be a very successful weekend!









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Friday, May 7, 2010

The Broken Big Toe

I had an accident on my journey to completion on Wednesday... I was carting my wood, to be cut and the cart landed on my toe, smashing my toe between the cart and the curb. lets just say the cart won this battle... I had my toenail removed, stitches into the nail bed due to a deep cut, and a fractured bone along the joint. I have yet to find out what the fracture will mean so wish me luck that I don't need a screw there to hold it together. All in all my class pulled together and helped me finish cutting the wood, they were amazing, and I would not have finished this task without there help. Take a look...







The Culprit



The final product...almost

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I've never Been so excited for Nuts!!

Kim Schmitt is amazing and personally donated all of my hardware to my project! This includes all of my nuts, bolts, washers and screws. Thank you so much Kim! Check it out...



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Our trip up the coast for WOOD!

Anhtuan and I woke up at 8 am to rent a trailer for our wood. Anhtuan's little 4runner did quite well with the load, and the drivers didn't do a bad job either considering we (mainly me) had never driven with a trailer before! It was a great trip and a lot of fun. I am so appreciative to Pat for donating the wood to my cause, thank you PAT!! Enjoy the pictures...






we got a lot of bugs...



pit stop...one of a few. Look at all that wood!!!




It was a beautiful drive from Orland!!

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