Morning Chair
A chair intended to invite distraction-free reflection in your morning routine.
@ CMU School of Design
10 Weeks. Spring 2026.
Contextual and functional intention: inside one’s home near a window, facilitating a contained period of reflection at the start of one’s day.
Primary feature: wedged tenon piercing the armrests.
[pic of the wedged tenon piercing the armrests]
Secondary features:
intentional chair posture.
The Table.
Made from hickory and hard maple, with a center stripe feature on the table-top. Joinery and assembly that supports a long life.
Storage Rack.
Knitting needle rack with interchangeable rungs. Can be used as a shelf or as a magazine/literature rack.
Blanket Storage.
A gap created by the form to store throw blankets when they are not being used.
Drawing and brainstorming the use-cases for the knitting needles, the form it takes place, and the context for the table they fit into.
Some early drawings: needle integration and general ideas.
CAD Modeling: for 3D visualization and refining ideal measurements.
Board plans: to help figure out how much wood to buy.
Shop drawings/Fabrication Solving: made before for approval to begin machining and during machining to guide myself through the fabrication and assembly process.
Creating the table. Working with hickory and hard maple was a fun challenge. The thin, splintery hickory and thick, heavy hard maple made for a vicious yet beautiful combination.
The pieces: machining the wood into the final pieces.
Matching grain from different parts of the board^
Edge Joining: using dominoes to edge join the table and side surfaces.
Needle Rack: drill press and tablesaw to machine the needle rack.
Assembly: putting all the pieces together.
Finishing: with danish oil, surface sanding and cleanup, plugs, etc..
SKILLS
Drawing
Prototyping
Machine & Hand Fabrication
Woodworking
TOOLS
SolidWorks CAD
Wood Machining
Chopsaw, Jointer, Planar,
Table Saw, Drill Press, Domino Cutters, Etc.
Hand and Power Tools