From Las Vegas to Lamination

Laminating white oak at Knowhow Shop for a soon-to-be-released project. Stay tuned!

Wooden Utensil Workshop at Knowhow Shop

The Knowhow Shop has been an great place for our prototyping and fabrication, and we love that they hold classes to expand your "knowhow" about shopwork.

We recently took the Wooden Cooking Utensil workshop they held in collaboration with Linda Hsiao. Over the course of a weekend, we created wooden utensils out of walnut and learned how to make food safe wood finishes for our new utensils. It was an awesome experience and we highly recommend checking out one of their upcoming workshops if you're interested in creating, building, or making new things. The classes are great for those with little or no shop experience as well as seasoned veterans of the shop.

Scout Regalia at HDTS: Laser Cut Messages

Our Trail Registry for HDTS 2011 will also include laser cut messages on tyvek that will hang on the enameled aluminium rods. We want to encourage people to take or leave messages on the rods as a way to create a sense of exploration and personal narrative of both the site and the area as a whole. The messages range from descriptions of the local flora and fauna, street names, and messages such as "Take One" and "Leave One".

Special thanks to 2ndwnd Studio for the use of their awesome laser cutting facilities. 2ndwnd is part of the Knowhow Shop collective in Highland Park, where we did the milling of our totem poles.

Scout Regalia at HDTS: Pregame Milling

We've been busy at headquarters getting ready for the HDTS 2011 event at High Desert Test Sites, which is happening on the weekend of October 15-16. We're really excited to be part of the event featuring art, design, and installations from so many talented designers and artists. Special thanks to curator Brooks Hudson Thomas who invited us to be part of the weekend event.

We'll share more of what we're up to as the project comes together. Part of our project involves milling forms from laminated Doug Fir. We've been working with the all-around awesome guys at Knowhow Shop for our millwork. They have a great cooperative shop space in Highland Park that has been indispensable in our fabrication and prototyping process.

More to come about HDTS!