From a "newbie"....RE: [ocbc-artists] spiral end table/bookcase?
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j...@jms-art.com
Jan 11, 2011, 2:26:51 PM1/11/11
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Hello all -
My name is Jan and I am a friend of Scott Caso~ who gave my name to Lee~ who invited me to join your group. (Thanks to both of those individuals!) I have been enjoying the conversation regarding Melissa's spiral bookcase idea and thought I'd share an observation/suggestion/question.......
I will also insert the fact (disclaimer) that I have no experience with woodworking/welding/building, but rather specialize in murals, faux finishes, and hand painted furniture.......and love the creativeness and "greenness" of repurposing items & parts.
My thought:
Along with the parallel spirals that Greg mentioned, might you add vertical supports, every so often, as well, (Maybe spokes could be used in this way?) to keep the books from sliding downward? My thought is that the vertical supports would be parallel pairs, with one on each spiral. This would keep books from sliding to the bottom AND would allow books to be displayed in groupings all the way around the bookcase, when the bookcase is not completely full. The verticals would also play a part in being a support system for the weight of the books~ which may mean each vertical support needs to be the full height of the bookcase in order to truly support the weight. (Is that as clear as mud?)............Just a thought!
I'll throw out another idea (that dropped in for a visit when it heard all this bookcases and spokes talk)
Have you seen the magazine racks (sometimes wall mounted) that basically look like a small ladder where the rungs are like dowel rods, and you hang the magazine over them? Spokes could be the rungs!...What part might you use to mount them to?
Love the creative brainstorming!
Hope to make it to one of your gatherings,
Jan
Janice M. Saunders
JMS Artistic Dimension LLC
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Subject: Re: [ocbc-artists] spiral end table/bookcase?
From: Melissa Thompson <thom...@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, January 11, 2011 10:16 am
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I like the parallel spiral idea. I've talked about this with a couple people, and I think I need to read about spiral staircases and other similarly shaped structures. I also think I need to learn how to speak woodworking.
On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 9:58 PM, Gregory Bonanno <gregory...@gmail.com> wrote:
Melissa,
a) awesome design
b) the diameter exactly matches that of a rim.......
I think several rims could be cut, bent, and formed to the spiral. I don't thinks spokes would be rigid enough to support the weight of the books not to mention there would be large gaps in the shelf. Maybe a parallel spiral with a smaller diameter?
- Greg
On Jan 7, 2011, at 4:18 PM, Melissa Thompson wrote:<spiral table.pdf>Hey artists,
Awhile ago I was helping my friend make a bookcase, and I came up with an idea for a circular table with spiral bookshelves (see PDF drawing, attached). I never figured out a way to construct it (or decide on materials for the spiral portion). I came across it today and wondered if maybe this was a fit for bike part furniture.
Maybe spokes and/or rims could be used to construct the frame of the spiral? I don't have very much experience with tools, etc, so hopefully some of you might have some ideas on what materials to use and how to manipulate them.
Melissa
Melissa Thompson
Jan 13, 2011, 12:41:49 PM1/13/11
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Hi Jan!
It's so cool that so many people are getting into this whole art group thing. I've never been involved in anything like this before, so I'm finding all the ideas to be tons of fun so far.
As for this spiral/helix bookshelf: I agree that there needs to be something vertical acting as bookends. I did some googling yesterday and smashed my dreams to pieces when I realized that I am not the first person in the world to think of a spiral bookshelf. however, my spirits were lifted when I realized that nobody has probably made one out of bike parts. and if they have, its not on the internet.
The attached PDF (spiral shelves.pdf) shows a couple of the existing designs I found online, from which we can draw some inspiration.
If you look at the first picture, I really like the idea of having the spirals tie into flat pieces. the picture shows just one vertical, but I think 3 would be best. We would then need to put some sort of stopping device towards the center tokeep the books from falling in. I thought maybe large cogs would work well. See attached sketch for further confusion and/or clarification (sketch.pdf).
And since others are putting down their art websites, here's mine.
Melissa
Tie Dye Thompson
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