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Kerfing is a woodworking technique which involves making numerous cuts into a piece of wood in order to make it flexible. In the last couple of weeks I have been exploring the potential for combining kerfing with steam bending in order to maximise th

Great day yesterday at PROOF25! Thank you to the organisers and presenters and to everyone who came to my talk. It was an eclectic and inspiring day.

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Trials with weaving 1.5mm thick Birch plywood. Working across the dominant grain the strips of plywood were laser cut, steamed to soften them prior to weaving, and fixed in place with a 3mm diameter bamboo rod.

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As part of my PhD research @cfpr_research I’ve be experimenting with bending plywood into hyperbolic paraboloid forms, using steam bending and 3D printed formers. This display panel brings together some of these experiments in a visual represen

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