Unfinished work

Made this on Thursday; I was out sick on Tuesday, when I usually have class, and took the Thursday class instead, and am permanently moving to Thursday class, because it's awesome. I made my first mortise and tenon, and it's not perfect. I'm really happy with my mortise (even though that's not perfect, either), and my tenon, but I got sloppy at the end because I LOVE the Japanese saws (they're really light and precise and feel great in my hand) and got carried away sawing too deep. So my fit was about 1/16" too long on the tenon.
I really want to get the tools to keep making mortise and tenon joints on my own, and will be getting these soon; a 1/2" chisel (for the actual width of the mortise), a 3/8" chisel (for digging out the wood), a machinist's square (for measuring), a  Starret slide caliper, a mallet and the Japanese saw.
As expected, the Japanese and the Swiss make incredibly precise, long lasting tools. I have to live in Switzerland one day! (yes, those who know me are tired of my saying that). Also, I'd like to visit Liechtenstein, another country that makes incredibly precise, beautiful things.
I learned not to get too caught up in measuring, because measurement is relative, anyways, and differs from one tool to the next. But I love it; there is really a great feeling from working with actual raw materials or just making things in general. I don't think I can be a purely pencil and paper gal, although drawing every day is absolutely a must to sharpen the eye and hand and mind and improve. I've also been learning coding, which I think every serious designer should be making an effort to learn; and no, not the light 'web development' type. Serious processing because more and more programmes are using parametric algorithms as a design tool. So it's been a lot of derivatives and matrices, but I've always loved trig, and the two teachers went on to work at G00gle and F#ceb00k resepectively. One is currently at a booming Chinese company, the Chinese G00gle. And for those who think woodworking is just for retired hobbyists, let it be known that TWO of my teachers recently were hired by @pple. Yes, two. We're sorry they had to leave but good for them!
Oh, and I did get into my metal machining class and my digital fabrication classes, which start at the end of August. I got the last spot in both! So I'll def be posting work on that soon.