Bonsai/Garden Plant Stand: Developing a Prototype

I’ve been kicking around an idea for a low plant stand, pot stand, bonsai stand or knights-who-say-ni shrubbery display stand. Since this little stand is still in development, now's a good time to describe the process we use in developing a prototype of a new product.

The first step is the drawing. This was done on the proverbial napkin, but unfortunately that napkin has gone the way of all napkins so you’ll just have to imagine that there was a napkin and it had some scribble on it that resembled the stand and leave it at that.

The next step is to rough out the shape on some scrap stock. That’s what you see here. This produces a 3-dimensional object I can look at from all angles and modify as desired.

Continue to Part Two

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[Donna Peplin]

CAN YOU CUSTOM SIZE THE BONSAI TABLES? CAN THEY BE MADE TO DOUBLE STACK?
DONNA