Vessel: Framing Nothing
Cornell University Design III (Fall 2011)
![Final Vessel](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d1615aed8d800e0830f84b0f6394969204a735eee5481ad84edd8308cd0eae17/2.jpg)
Final Vessel
Assignment: to create an object at the human scale that enhances the hidden qualities of the provided tool (spatula)
Professor
Vince Mulcahy
The inspiration for the Dwelling, this project is a view framing device that reorients the spatula to become a mirror. Showing signs of ware, the spatula becomes a distorted mirror for the viewer.
Upon inserting the spatula in the tracks and sliding it up into view, a thin wooden door is pushed up. Only once the spatula is removed can the opening be understood as another frame: a view to what is beyond.
Related Projects
![The design of the vessel is based on pairing: two boards wide, two pairs of welded metal legs, two grooves for the spatula to slide up](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/db22a871fd5746b0eefba4b47d9397f90f545befd90390049e89559c3adb6e6f/1.jpg)
![The spatula is inserted at the bottom, slid up the vertical track, and used to push open a panel](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/410b1a76e608e2a421dc27a62d776f5abdf4e3a4995c5d1a3a60acbc56c73140/3.jpg)