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The original box of Hickory and Maple was one of my first attempts at a box. The lap joints had popped, the top warped, and so many other faults that I had not bothered applying a finish. I kept trying to fix it and my frustration made me think of a sculpture by Vigeland depicting a toddler having a tantrum.
One of my goals with the “revised” box was to actually follow a set of directions; almost succeeded. The layers of grain look to me like a cross section of layers of earth. It deserves a new name: Terra.
-- SM
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13 comments so far
Max
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posted 167 days ago
I agree with your description of what the grain looks like. Great box I like the spline joints…
-- Max "Desperado", Salt Lake City, UT
tartanjock
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posted 167 days ago
Mature simplicity and beautiful – one day I will get to be that good
-- TartanJock
Dorje
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posted 167 days ago
You’ve constructed a good looking box there~!
-- Dorje (pronounced "door-jay"), Seattle, WA
gator9t9
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posted 167 days ago
Oh wow…I like all 3 …oh yes …what is the size ?
Have you seen the Northwest Indian boxes ? If you love boxes ..you must see some
Haida or Tsimshian or the Bella Bella …I love your boxes …
thanks ..
Mike in Bonney Lake
-- Mike in Bonney Lake " If you are real real real good your whole life, You 'll be buried in a curly maple coffin when you die."
BarryW
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posted 167 days ago
some good design ideas here.
-- /\/\/\ BarryW /\/\/\ Stay so busy you don't have time to die.
davidtheboxmaker
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posted 167 days ago
Great box – I love the way the grain pattern wraps round the corners – good work.
Scott Bryan
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posted 166 days ago
This is a nice looking box. I like grain pattern of the revised version.
Nice job.
-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.
Pathpounder
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posted 166 days ago
Small boxes are one of my new passions. Really like your grain pattern.
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jjohn
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posted 166 days ago
well done. I like the splines in the box. And a great choose of wood grain.
-- JJohn
CharlieM1958
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posted 166 days ago
Great grain, nice construction.
-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
SM
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posted 166 days ago
Well, I woke-up to all your comments this morning and some kind of flush of relief came over me; you work so intently on something – it is nice to get the perspective of others!)
Gator9t9: The box is 71/2 x 93/4 x 41/4. Interesting that you thought of the NW native boxes. I grew up within 20K of where you are now, between Selleck and Ravensdale (I know, there IS nothing in between!). As a teenager I unsuccessfully tried to hitchhike to the dig at Lake Ozet, but later, did take a semester of British Columbian native culture and art. That was like another lifetime so I can remember little. No doubt, there are some subliminal influences there.
This was my first set of “successful” splines. “Mature”, wow, what a compliment.
Much thanks.
SM
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Todd A. Clippinger
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posted 154 days ago
I love the simple beauty of your work.
-- Todd A. Clippinger, Montana, http://amcraftsman.com
SM
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posted 154 days ago
Todd,
Thanks. I was thinking I would like to make shaker and mission furniture like yours; not to mention your sculpture!
SM
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