Physical Model

 First i decided to make a very simple model to see what my limitations were with how thin i could cut the wood on the band saw before it split, this also was a test of how the curves would look in wood and how i could model them.

Here is my final physical model, i cut the wood on the band saw which made it possible to get the nice curves, i then simply glued the metal spine plate to the wood followed by the legs which are also metal.