I am off to a shop tomorrow  to see about putting my tables for sale on a sale or return basis, I met the owner at The Furniture show  in Manchester  last week at the G-Mex

This will give me the chance to get peoples reactions to my tables as they are unique in style and design, I will let you know the out come if they are going to be on display in the shop.

My Ski table number 2

This is my pencil sketch of my ski table

The sketch is my first drawing on my table made from a mirror, ski's, wood and pebble tiles.







below are the images of stages i have gone through in the process of making my table from the reclaimed materials which i have sourced locally

The image shows some of the joints for the frame of the table and the best to use to make the table frame stronger.

Here I have laid out my flat pebble tiles and stuck them on with a glass and tiles glue from a locally.
The images below were taken in college through various stages from the tiles being stuck on the mirror to the frame of the table being painted to the design and finishing touches to the legs of the table.

Here is my finished ski table and available to buy , I have painted the legs with colours to Tye in with the ski colours and to add to the finish and to protect the white paint finish I have used Acrylic varnish to keep the white finish and to help stop any yellowing. If you are interested in having a commission piece then contact me and let me know what you are looking for . 

My next table  which is my 3rd table is made from Glass, Acrylic watch this space for my drawings and finished table

3rd of the show at the G-mex in Manchester, we had interior designers and shop keepers interested in having our products we have created in college and at home. We will just have to see where it takes us.

Come along and see us at the G-Mex tomorrow the last day we are at stand CH22.
Watch this space for more to come including my other table designs.

1st day of The Manchester Furniture show at the G-Mex  in Manchester, another 3 days to show my tables off. The Remade in Manchester students got very good comments, people like the idea of reclaimed , up cycled items being reused.

I got to tell people about my door and the processes to getting the door to table design complete, from designing my business cards to making my press pack and putting it on to disk.

I will let you all know how it goes for the remaining days.

10 days to go to The Manchester Furniture show  2012 at the G-Mex in Manchester

I can't wait to show my  creations to everyone at the show and see there reactions to my designs ideas and my ideas for the future
Come and see my work at The Manchester Furniture Show on the 15th to the 18th of July I will be at  stand CH22 with my classmates and there creations from the Remade in Manchester Students.

 I am in the middle of doing by business cards and DVD portfolio and presentation, my idea is to show everyone the steps of my Journey from start to what i have done so far , because I am just getting started while i did my course at The Manchester City College on the course called Remade in Manchester.

My daughter said to me did you think you would of created what you have created..

As promised here are the pictures of my ideas from sketch to my finished tables.

My original front door                                                                                                                              

My first table design and stages I went through


This is the original door, would you ever think that this door could turn out to be the finished table at the end. Just wait to see the end result.

After i sketched out my idea onto paper the next step was to get the door to college and get it cut to sizes and remove all the hinges, locks, and screws and paint.

 It took around 15 hours to remove all the paint, I used a heat gun and scraper. I also used Nitro morse, sandpaper , white spirit besides the tools like the tablesaw and circular saw and drills , screwdriver , gloves and safety glasses and apron.

The images show the steps in me removing the paint ,as each week went on the results started to show slowly ,at one point i thought would i ever get the paint off. When you get to the end and see the finished table you will see the distressed look of my table. It may of took time to remove the paint as i could of gone to a dip and strip place to get them to remove the paint  for me but I wouldn't of got the end finish.   

                                      
Here you can see that i have fininished removing the paint, it took some time but it was well worth the effort. Doing this project at college has shown what i can do and what anyone can do if they set their minds to it.           

Finally the hard work is over here is the finished table .

Let me know what you think about my design .

                                                                                          

Just had my show at college it was amazing lots of people and they loved my tables. Just to think that in 3 weeks my tables will be on display at the G-Mex from the 15th of July to the 18th.  My tables will be on sale and commissions are welcomed at the show and through contacting me on doorabletable@yahoo.co.uk.
My best achievement of all was getting the space at the G-Mex for myself and 3 others in my group from the Remade in Manchester campus and 2 other students from the Moston campus.