Joe Holewski

Industrial Designer
Calgary, AB, Canada

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  • "thats really nice work. what stands out is the way you are using your material you obviously understand the properties of the material you are using. bending plywood, is an artform in itself. i created molds on the CNC to form plywood longboard decks,  the stair company would bend the stringers around a giant  repositionable forms. i like the idea of fostering this new emerging process, possibly showing a maker community different ways of using their machines... maybe that's the start of a youtube channel :)"
    on: Tools & Craft #41: My Thoughts on CNC-Cut Furniture
  • "I think that widespread use of cnc router is creating its own aesthetic. Much like how lasered products create their own aesthetic with the burnt edges. i can see this from both sides of the coin. Im a CNC guy, i studied industrial design at school and have worked in various manufacturing jobs a few years ago i worked at a stair shop as their CAD & CNC operator programmer, The CNC allows me to create things that i couldn't make by hand. Working at the stair shop gave me a lot of skills that were not to do with the CNC, however i primarily rely on the cnc when creating my own work. I think that the aesthetic that these makers are creating furniture with a CNC is a testament to their lack of experience. The more time they use their cnc and the more time they spend modelling and programming the better they will become. its still a relatively new process that has really only just been introduced to a consumer market. its like any tool in the workshop, the more you use it the better you become. im interested to see how people will be using these machines in 5 -10 years when they've mastered programming & modelling and when they stop looking at their products as 2D panels that slot together. in my own work i 3d model then machine objects in 3d allowing my aesthetic to be more complex. ive recently started machining directly into plaster to make molds for ceramics, thats something i love about the cnc is the fact after years of using it, there are still new ideas and possibilities. with the developing maker community im excited to see what they will come up with."
    on: Tools & Craft #41: My Thoughts on CNC-Cut Furniture
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