Northfield Arts and Crafts: Ken Elliott
June 2019
Constructed in machine cut marine grade plywood and laminated redwood pine. Epoxy resin and polyurethane varnish coated.
Monuments Made was conceived and constructed to be part of the GOSSIP art group exhibition at the Stirling Engine Shed in September 2019.
The designs celebrate some of the iconic monuments in Stirling and embed shapes of the historic tools used to create them.
Look deeper into the images and see how many different types of construction tools you can spot.
Monuments Made in a garden setting
and a bit closer
hand drawn artwork
the start of the process is the sketches which are then scanned into a computer and processed in software to produce a list of instructions for the cutting machine
a test of the layout in card
you can see the tool images at their best in this image
cutting the materials
in 9mm marine grade plywood
cutting with a computer controlled router
This machine is guided by stepper motors on each axis which respond to the instructions from the computer control program. The router cutter spins at 12000 rpm and takes about 45 minutes to cut a panel. The tubing extracts dust and wood chips away from the machine.
panels cut
ready for a lot of sanding then coating in resin and varnish
laminating the base support struts
these are each made from four strips of pine glued in the curved support jig
the completed support struts
these are ready for sanding and coating in resin and varnish
a test assembly in the workshop
coated and varnished ready for display