Varnishing the wood

A realisation we had during the lesson yesterday is that if you get the long plates out of the textile, the user may make a mistake and put it in the wrong direction. If he/ she does this, the little wooden corners will be on the outside of the basket, causing the lid to fall into the basket. To prevent this problem, we marked some arrows on the plate so the user will know how to insert it into the textile. These arrows won't be seen in any configuration, because the plates always stay into the textile. But sometimes the user might want to wash the textile and then he/ she should be able to know how to put it back inside.

The paint and the painted arrow

Inserting the plate into the textile

We took the advise of varnishing the wood into account and I started doing it this afternoon. I first needed to sand the surfaces of the table, then spray a first layer. This is now drying in the garage and tomorrow there will be done a second layer.

The varnish

Varnishing the plates

Varnishing the plates