Skeleton/Armature

My material of choice for the armature project started with found PVC pipes. After researching techniques I began to play with heat bending. I was unsatisfied with the bending of this particular PVC so I then purchased a wider gauge pipe and began the heat bending process again, more confidently and slowly. 

I began to explore shape and how the PVC sits in space.

Final assembling of PVC "legs" resulted in a very stable structure, yet i plan to explore more interesting ways of arranging its form.

Sculpture 1- Wood Joinery

I have made a simple miter joint box that houses a bell i've chosen as my object. The next step of the box will be to cut keying slots on all the outside corners of the mitered box. These corners will be filled with the same mahogany wood I have used for the lid. I will be working toward a way to address the empty space inside the box so that the object is secure. 

Important step in making a miter sled: