Overcoming Disappointment
Luke says that one of the biggest challenges he faced over the course of his project was overcoming disappointment, and learning to pick himself up after failure or when something didn’t go to plan. A big moment like this was what he calls his “counter-top fail”. He had decided to use broken pieces of colored glass underneath what was meant to be a lacquer surface, but things didn’t go quite to plan as when Luke poured the lacquer it completely ran over everything as it turned out to be “way too watery”.
Overcoming Disappointment
Making the Most of Mistakes
Instead of throwing in the towel and giving up, Luke was set on making the most out of it. So even when something didn’t go to plan, Luke learned to change the plan. The lacquer created a bond which fixed the counter to the wall, and over that Luke attached a standard countertop, covering the messed-up lacquer surface, adding a hinge so that he now has a lift-top for storage space. Good thinking, Luke!
Making the Most of Mistakes
