This device can be integrated with a turntable to enable manually-operated playback of records. The design intent is for adults and young children to engage in a tactile play experience involving a turntable and speaker system.
Designed and fabricated in winter and spring of 2013 as a term project for pre-apprenticeship carpentry school. Images feature Jawbone speaker, Pro-ject Carbon turntable and LPs by boards of canada (Warp Records), Emeralds (Editions Mego) Laurel Halo (hyperdub). All design and woodworking by mark outhwaite, 2013.
Presented alongside various visual artworks created by Alex Beneteau at Art in House community gallery Barrie, Ontario, May 2019.
Below is a photo-documentation of woodworking projects from 2013 through 2023 undertaken as both commissions and for personal use, a number of which are composed from recycled / cast-off wood materials.
Projector Screen Support Frame, Spruce and knock-down hardware, 2014.Hinged Baby Gate (Commission), Poplar, 2015.Hinged Baby Gate (Commission), Poplar, 2015.Hinged Baby Gate (Commission), Spruce, 2016.Hinged Baby Gate (Commission), Spruce, 2016.Table on castors made using recycled maple dunnage blocks under assembly, 2017.Table on castors made using recycled maple dunnage blocks, steel cabinets by Ikea, 2017.Table on castors made using recycled maple dunnage blocks, steel cabinets by Ikea, 2017.Knock-down bolts in repeating series provide for hardware concealment. Steel angle bar rail provides structural stiffness.Table on castors made using recycled maple dunnage blocks, steel cabinets by Ikea, 2017.Table on castors made using recycled maple dunnage blocks, steel cabinets by Ikea, 2017.Table on castors made using recycled maple dunnage blocks, steel cabinets by Ikea, (with projector screen support frame) 2017.Projection screen demo with Deus Ex: Mankind Divided for PS4.Storage hutch made with pine framing and birch plywood, steel cabinet by Ikea, 2022.Storage hutch made with pine framing and birch plywood, steel cabinet by Ikea, 2022.Storage hutch made with pine framing and birch plywood, steel cabinet by Ikea, 2022.Storage hutch made with pine framing and birch plywood, cedar planks used for cubby, 2022.Storage hutch made with pine framing and birch plywood, pictured with stereo array, 2022.Storage hutch made with pine framing and birch plywood, pictured with stereo array, 2022.Storage hutch made with pine framing and birch plywood, pictured with upper shelving unit, 2022.Platform bed frame composed of pine, cedar and birch plywood, Mortise and Tenon detail, 2022.Platform bed frame composed of pine, cedar and birch plywood, leg detail, 2022.Platform bed frame composed of pine, cedar and birch plywood, leg detail, 2022.Platform bed frame composed of pine, cedar and birch plywood, leg detail, 2022.Platform bed frame composed of pine, cedar and birch plywood, leg detail, 2022.Platform bed frame composed of pine, cedar and birch plywood, test of mortise and tenon joint using knock-down bolts, 2022.Platform bed frame composed of pine, cedar and birch plywood, test of mortise and tenon joint using knock-down bolts, 2022.Platform bed frame composed of pine, cedar and birch plywood, test assembly, 2022.Platform bed frame composed of pine, cedar and birch plywood, test assembly, 2022.Platform bed frame composed of pine, cedar and birch plywood, test assembly, 2022.Platform bed frame composed of pine, cedar and birch plywood, Mortise and Tenon detail, 2022.Platform bed frame composed of pine, cedar and birch plywood, Mortise and Tenon detail, 2022.Platform bed frame composed of pine, cedar and birch plywood, Mortise and Tenon detail, 2022.Platform bed frame composed of pine, cedar and birch plywood, leg detail, 2022.Platform bed frame composed of pine, cedar and birch plywood, leg detail of mounting hardware, 2022.Cedar decking to be set within frame on pine cleats.Platform bed frame composed of pine, cedar and birch plywood, final test assembly, 2022.Platform bed frame composed of pine, cedar and birch plywood, duvet set by Ikea, 2022.Platform bed frame composed of pine, cedar and birch plywood, duvet set by Ikea, 2022.Platform bed frame composed of pine, cedar and birch plywood, duvet set by Ikea, 2022.Platform bed frame composed of pine, cedar and birch plywood, duvet set by Ikea, 2022.The artist positioned on a ladder whilst building storage shelves in his Mom’s garage, 2017.
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