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.

Make, fix and create...