Attachment Theory

There is an infinite number of ways to attach a leg to a table top or to the surface of a stool. I tried a few of them, focusing on the beauty of the visible joint. In traditional carpentry, joinery methods often comprise this feature. In modern furniture pieces, it has become less common, probably because the amount of handwork involved would be too expensive or because the visible joinery gets in the way of a certain sleek, minimalistic look. Starting from the principle of a mortise and tenon joint, yet replacing the wood mortise part by a colorful, synthetic alternative, I expanded the research to newly imagined joinery methods while still deliberately enhancing the connection points of the legs in a bold, nearly grotesque way. This excursion leads to samples that are at the least fascinating.
There is an infinite number of ways to attach a leg to a table top or to the surface of a stool. I tried a few of them, focusing on the beauty of the visible joint. In traditional carpentry, joinery methods often comprise this feature. In modern furniture pieces, it has become less common, probably because the amount of handwork involved would be too expensive or because the visible joinery gets in the way of a certain sleek, minimalistic look. Starting from the principle of a mortise and tenon joint, yet replacing the wood mortise part by a colorful, synthetic alternative, I expanded the research to newly imagined joinery methods while still deliberately enhancing the connection points of the legs in a bold, nearly grotesque way. This excursion leads to samples that are at the least fascinating.