the love, life & work of Blake Johnson
My sister mentioned to me, way back in the Fall of 2017, that she might want me to make her a jewelry box. Eventually sent me some sketches of what she had been thinking of, and I took those ideas to Sketchup to figure out interior dimensions, and the mechanics of all the moving parts, […]
This was a pretty interesting DDW project; it came out looking as simple and clean as the drawings and was mostly a pleasure to make :P. Every project has their challenges and this was no exception, but I think it honed my understanding of making and installing built-ins, at least smaller and simpler ones like […]
I spent about a year and a half working nearly full-time at Doriss Design Workshoppe, a cabinetry/furniture/millwork shop in South Boston. It was a great low-key work environment, with all kinds of different an interesting projects coming in and out, and I learned a bunch about cabinetmaking, furniture fabrication, and some welding and spray finishing […]