Twenty eight boxes

These are 28 inlaid boxes, assembled, shaped and ready for sanding. They are walnut and linden and inlaid with a variety of local hardwoods.

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a simple box?

 A simple box may have four sides and a top and bottom but are things really all that simple? There are a huge range of techniques involved as suggested by my students as they exercise their own creative inclinations. I will have a three day class in October.

I am currently working on a few  (28) boxes to sell though galleries and online.

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Pocket boxes

 

In my quest to finish unfinished projects, I've applied Danish oil to "pocket boxes" from  my  2016 book Tiny Boxes. If you want to make them yourself, the instructions are included in the book. https://amzn.to/4kaS23V

These tiny boxes have magnetic closure on the lids. They close with a slight pop and stay closed in the shirt pocket. Some are cherry and inlaid with Arkansas hardwood. Others are maple and have a squiggle pattern made with veneers.

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Corner irons...

I am trying to finish up a few earlier projects. My "Tribute to John Ruskin" was published in 2003, leaving extra boxes unfinished. Now they almost are, so they can be coated with Danish oil and sold. 

These include corner irons fabricated from the old type of metal banding that used to bundle bails of wood and other commodities. Even that source of steel is a thing of the past being replaced by plastic banding for which I've found little use.

T'he corner irons are attached with tiny brass nails to strengthen the mitered corners of this sliding top forever box.

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Paintable Tine...

Paintable Scandinavian bentwood box. Unfinished bent elm, signed by the maker. 

Have an urge to do rosemaling, and touch base with your Norwegian heritage? This box, on the bicentennial of arrival of Norwegians to America will help. Tine boxes have been used to commemorate special events and decorated gaily. Tine means cheese box suggesting its humble origins, and tiner are as much a part of Norway as sweaters are in winter... or any other part of the year. A one of a kind box. Decorate it yourself. The lift-off lid latches in place. 

For sale on Etsy. https://www.etsy.com/listing/4310583901/paintable-norwegian-style-box

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Making a box for John Ruskin

Back in December 2003 I published an article in Woodwork Magazine about making a tribute to John Ruskin. Made of white oak and hinged with shop made hinges it was kept along with parts enough to make another one. I completed the hinges today from steel strapping, and so the second one can be completed.

I miss Woodwork Magazine which went out of business in the intervening years. It allowed the writer to go deeper into the story than just how it was made, and they published my first article on Educational Sloyd, reawakening our country to the hidden value of manual arts training.

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Pen boxes!

I've placed pen boxes for sale on Etsy that I made for my book "Tiny Boxes," published by Taunton Press. Several colors of wood are available, but only for a short time.  https://www.etsy.com/shop/dougstowe/