Designer Boxes

WOW! These are beautiful!
I love the inlay design and the color combinations!

-- Ellen on Cape Cod

Cool! Very nice

Fantastic imagination and construction, Andy!

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Great boxs ! you did an excellent job . Thanks for explaining how you did them.

-- Rj's Woodworks,San Jose & Weed Ca,

Beautiful work and a great idea! How ‘bout a couple shots of the insides?

-- Professional firefighter (retired). Amateur everything else I try to do.

These are really nice boxes I like all 3 designs

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

Gorgeous boxes Andy. It’s seems liberating to be free from using hinges, catches etc. Thanks for letting us see these and sharing the way you made them.

-- Mike, American in Norway

Beautiful, beautiful…beautiful!

-- masrol, kuala lumpur, MY.

Andy these are great! I too love contrasting woods inlayed on boxes. The non-square lines really add a lot and turn the boxes into a nice piece of art. All three are beautiful.

-- Kansas City, KS "Nothing is as permanent as a temporary solution"

Sweet!!! Great design.

-- Dennis Zongker

Wow Andy, these are absolutely georgeous!!!! I love the combinations, smooth design and especiously the contrasting accents with the banding…............... I think you have inspired me to start to “think outside the box” on some of my boxes.

Thanks for sharing the boxes and the procedure.

-- Gene, Majestic Eagle Woodworks, http://majesticeagleww.etsy.com/, http://www.flickr.com/photos/majesticeagle/

they are beautiful … i like everything about these beauties

-- Paul , Calfornia

Very nice work… I like the combination of symmetrical and asymmetrical form you used with the inlays.

-- Darrell, Round Rock

There all winners!

-- spanky46 -- Never enough clamps...Never enough tools...Never enough time.

Granddaughters….they’re next on my list.

-- /\/\/\ BarryW /\/\/\ Stay so busy you don't have time to die.

Hi Andy;

These are really beautiful. Very nice design, and execution.

First rate all the way.

Lee

-- by Lee A. Jesberger http://www.prowoodworkingtips.com http://www.ezee-feed.com

Great looking boxes. Deffinetly a unique way of adding accent to a box. Love it.

Love the use of scrap wood. NO piece is to small!

Great job.

Keep it up.

Scrappy

-- Scrap Wood's the best...the projects are smaller, and so is the mess!

Really beautiful. Love the handle with the slot insert, very cool. Love seeing your projects, very fresh and energetic feeling. Thanks…............

-- mtnwild (Jack), It's not what you see, it's how you see it.

Fantastic, definitely a cut above the norm ;-))

-- Debt is nothing more than the 21st Century's form of slavery.

Beautiful work, Andy!

-- Tom, Surfside Beach, SC - Romans 8:28

I want to thank everyone for the great response.
THANKS!

-- " If I can make it,so can you" Andy in Oregon

Top flight work as always. Lucky granddaughters!

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

looking good andy , keep it up !

-- david ,new mexico ,allheart

Veeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeery cool!! Nice inlay and a very professional finish.

-- Behind the Bark is a lot of Heartwood----Charles, Centennial, CO

Andy these are really really nice. I love the subtle contours. They hint of your dunescape series and “Rachels Box”. I’m definitely going to have to try this style sometime.

Thanks for posting them.

-- Martin, Kansas

Andy,

Your boxes resemble a painting entitled ‘Composition in Black and White, With Double Lines’ by Piet Mondrian, which sold at auction by Sotheby’s in New York, Tuesday, May 5, 2009, for $9,266,500.

Your boxes, however, are far superior not only in design, but also in workmanship and you, no doubt, spent more time in completing them. They must be worth in the trillion-dollar range if auctioned at Sotheby’s! Thanks for sharing.

-- "But godliness with contentment is great gain." 1 Timothy 6:6

I just posted a shot of the inside and wrote a line about my reasons why I chose to use paper.

-- " If I can make it,so can you" Andy in Oregon

Thanks guys and gals!
@ Lighweight-Thanks!Thats quite a compliment! I do see similarities but doubt mine are as well done,at least from an Art Critics view point.

-- " If I can make it,so can you" Andy in Oregon

Hey, thanks for the “inside shot”! Your boxes are truly beautiful and inspirational!

-- Professional firefighter (retired). Amateur everything else I try to do.

Great pieces of art!!!

-- ^_^ Zero education... zero experience... - that's me...^_^

I just googled the ‘Composition in Black and White, With Double Lines’ by Piet Mondrian. That painting doesn’t come close to these boxes.

-- Debt is nothing more than the 21st Century's form of slavery.

@ Strube-Your welcome,very simple for sure but suits the use children will put them thru.
@Ihor-ART? Thanks for that.
@Topamax-I am glad you think so too.It always amazes me what people will pay that much money for,yet we have children going hungry,etc….

-- " If I can make it,so can you" Andy in Oregon

Art in a box.

-- Drink once, cut twice. New website up.... lazylarrywoodworks.com.au

another set of amazing boxes.
may i ask how thick are the sides of the boxes? they look like close to a inch ?

Thanks degoose! Eddy,the sides are 3/4’’.The reason for the thickness is the recessed lid.I use a 3/4’’ rabbet bit to cut a shoulder and thats the minimum that will still leave a little wood in the corners for the lid to set on.I typically shape the outside of my boxes and the thicker wood allows for some wild grinding.That also lightens up the box quite a bit.
Thanks for asking.

-- " If I can make it,so can you" Andy in Oregon

incredible…

-- Matt, Napa, CA...fun is beautiful...just trying to have some fun...

Andy thanks for the answer i have been looking at you work for i little while. I like the why it draws you to it makes you want to pick it up. looks like a real challenge. thanks for posting your work