Introduction and Portfolio Colin Scholler
Hello, my name is Colin Scholler and I am from Mountain View, California. Art fits into my life in a lot of ways, but I wouldn’t say it fits in the classical sense. For example, I don’t much painting or drawing. However, I do believe art still plays a huge role in my life as a part of everything I make or do. I believe that just making things in the STEM field just for a utilitarian purpose isn’t nearly as fun as making them so they look good and perform well. My current goals in life include making sure that whatever I end up doing is not simply utilitarian, but is also artistic and pleasing to use and look at.
I have experience with a variety of digital art mediums including Photoshop, Illustrator, Maya, and SolidWorks (but I don’t know how much that last one really counts). My physical art making experience is a little broader and mostly has do with 3D materials like foam, sewing, and woodworking. I also have a little experience with pastels. When it comes to programming and electronics I have a good bit more experience. I’ve used LEDs and el wire before as well as arduino and other more advanced tech in CS and RBE classes. I also have plenty of experience with rapid prototyping tools such as 3D printing and laser cutting.
Back in highschool I played the double bass and did theater, but it’s been a little while since I’ve either both of those things. I definitely enjoy making crafts, like a bear mascot head I made back in high school and a desk I made for myself this past year. The creative inspiration for the crafts and projects I do usually comes from a combination of necessity and seeing what others have done and thinking I can do better.
Most recently I’m proud of a booth that I built for my room. I decided to build a booth in order to give myself more storage and seating space. The booth itself was made with 2×3 lumber covered in painted plywood. The table in the middle was made with 2x4s as the leg, and laser cut plywood for the top with a pop-up outlet in the middle. This project is still a work in progress as I am planning to add cushions and a few more details, but COVID caused a couple delays for me.
Impressive. I think the booth and the table are really cool. Best of luck finishing up the booth!
Impressive. I really like the creativity you had in creating something useful such as the booth in your room.
Impressive. Your woodworking projects are amazing! The top of your desk is so cool!
Familiar, all of your woodworking feels very homey and earthy to me, I really like the table with the different colors of wood that almost look like tiles.
Gorgeous. I love the table, I think the nature wood grain looks great.
Thought-provoking. I like your view that utilitarian projects can still be a form of art.
Familiar. As someone who also likes building things, I thought your desire to make the booth for more seating was familiar.
Impressive. I would like to get into woodworking myself but have not yet had the courage commit to it. Very cool!
Quirky. I love the tabletop you made. It’s so unique and fun. you did a wonderful job.
Thought-provoking, I think the table looks really good and these types of projects with woodworking and laser cutting is something I’m really interested in learning/trying.
Quirky.
I don’t think I’ve met anyone who does carpentry-type artwork, and I especially haven’t met anyone who is familiar with cushioning. It makes me wonder how you were introduced and learned such a unique art form. I really admire that you want your artwork to be useable as well as artistically pleasing; I feel like not a lot of artwork can be double-purposed like that.