Assembled aluminum frame- individual parts were cut with a waterjet, off of .dwgs that I exported from a Sketchup model.
Original Sketchup model, before I had the idea to use wood for the exterior panels.
Next to my previous pc, which was a modified Core P5
First sketch for the wood panels.
Inspiration for the sketch: a shack near Alturas CA which I have photographed many times over the years. It’s also now fully collapsed last time I was by there.
Partial assembly with a placeholder old gtx570 twin frozr.
Side panel construction
Detail of usb ports
Detail
Detail
ETHEREALm (code name “lodgepole”)
Case built from scratch, aluminum frame, ash wood panels.
Trying to evoke the idea of coming across an old dark and abandoned shack deep in the woods, seemingly rotted and empty.
until you start to notice the glow emanating from inside, and then the faint hum of some unknown tech…