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  1. Dinner on the Lake of Fire

    So called because I think it looks like a minimalist table perched on molten lava. This is an EZ Mitre, Shell box Size : (top) 113mm square x 52mm high (pedestal base) 133mm square x 5mm high Materials : Padauk, Ebony, Holly and Birch Ply Glues : PVA, Spray Contact and CA Finish : Spray...
  2. Humbug

    Around the end of the year we usually have Humbugs. Sweets, mainly sugar, striped cream and brown, with a minty centre. These inspired this box Construction - EZ Mitre Shell box. Dimensions - 118 mm square x 59 mm high. 6 mm thick walls ( 3 mm core + 3 mm pattern). On a 6 mm plinth/inner...
  3. 56

    This is a small reversible box. Made using yet another different way of making wood hinges. Dimensions - 56mm cube 5.5mm wall (and therefore hinge) thickness ( 2×2.75mm) Materials - Quarter sawn Sapele and Sycamore. Ebony. Brass Adhesives - Viscous CA Finish - Spray Satin...
  4. Sands of Mars II - Sunset on the cold store

    Another dream. Years ago, after the main engine failed on the return craft we resigned ourselves to making a go of it here on Mars. It would be at least two years until rescue came. By the time they arrived, four years later, most of us had decided to stay. I come up here to this small hill...
  5. Harlequin II

    This is a Shell box Dimension - 117mm cube on a 6mm pedestal base/liner Materials - Sapele, American Black Walnut and Cedar of Lebanon veneer over a 4.5mm Birch ply substrate Adhesives - PVA and CA Finish - Spray Satin Acrylic
  6. Blogs
    First attempt I've always liked the early 20th century artist, Piet Mondrian's Neo Plasticist style (example below) and would like to include this style of design in my box work. As you can see his compositions use a white (and sometimes gray) background; red, yellow and blue and a strong...
  7. Focus on the Workspace
    In my father's day, soldiers and sailors came back from their expeditions with "war prizes" (German Lugers, Japanese Katana, battle flags, etc…) But aside from catching the clap in Subic Bay (for the record, I've never been there), modern day sailors have few such opportinities. So when I...
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