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At the very beggining I had nothing but a small dark room and a few hobbyist tools. I thought that building furnitures was basically nothing but constructing big boxes. So I began making boxes, small ones. It was a good approach in two senses: one, in a small box no failure can be hidden, you take it in to your hands and you can turn it in any direction, so it is an interesting quality standard for exigent handworkers; two, I had a lot to learn about wood ’s structures, behaviour, joints, finishes, ... and most of those elements where applied to excesive complex solutions. And I didn’t like it. So I tried the simplest volumen I could imagine and choose only one element to define it aesthetically. And then I tried it in many sizes. This is one of the results.
Cuando empece en un pequeño cuarto y con unas pocas herramientas de aficionado, pensé que construir muebles en madera era una cuestión basicamente de hacer cajas grandes. Fue un planteamiento útil, porque una caja no permite ocultar fallos; uno las puede coger entre sus manos y darles vueltas para verlas desde cualquier ángulo; por lo tanto, puede constituirse en un un standard de trabajo exigente para un artesano. Además descubrí que tenía que aprender acerca de estructuras de madera, su comportamiento, ensambles, acabados, ... Muchos de estos aspectos se incorporan en los diseños tradicionales con soluciones que, en general, me parecen recargadas, que me resultaban excesivas. Así que me decidí a construir el volumen más sencillo que pudiera imaginar con un único elemento que definiera esteticamente el conjunto. Y este es uno de los resultados.
-- Alejandro Moreno, CANARY ISLANDS






























19 comments so far
sIKE
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posted 475 days ago
Man that is nice looking I love how the lid and the top lip of the box are scalloped. Impressive work.
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Bradford
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posted 475 days ago
You definitely think outside of the box. another great build. I am making you a favorite of mine in the the sidebar.
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Alejandro Galo Moreno
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Thank you very much. I feel great: I live in a society where woodwork is no longer appreciate, so one can not expect recognition or the right payment for one’s work. So I feel thankful because of your comments.
-- Alejandro Moreno, CANARY ISLANDS
Blake
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posted 475 days ago
Wow, that’s beautiful! I like all of the small versions in your last photo, too. Very creative. What kind of wood is that?
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Dusty56
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posted 475 days ago
Wonderful details in your work !!! Shows a lot of craftsmanship skills to say the least : ) I appreciate your work and don’t feel too bad about where you are at . Nobody wants to pay us for our time spent making beautiful things from wood no matter where you live . Have a wonderful day and keep making sawdust , my friend : )
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Alejandro Galo Moreno
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posted 475 days ago
It´s a kind of mahogany.
Thank you to all of you.
-- Alejandro Moreno, CANARY ISLANDS
Woodhacker
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posted 475 days ago
Alejandro, this is really nice work! I love what you did with the lid. It makes it look like the box is one solid piece of wood and the top was just broken off of it. Really cool.
-- Martin, Kansas
miles125
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posted 475 days ago
Very creative Alejandro. Your table full of small boxes reminds me of something i’d do. Keep plugging along at an idea until it culminates into the beautiful chest you’ve made.
-- miles125, Alabama.."Architecture is frozen music""
YorkshireStewart
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posted 475 days ago
Just when I thought I’d seen every possible approach to boxmaking and then you come along! This is exciting stuff Alejandro.
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Zuki
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posted 475 days ago
Really unique. The box almost looks alive.
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thetimberkid
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posted 475 days ago
Great work!
Thanks for the post
Callum
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DAN
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posted 475 days ago
sweet work
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trifern
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posted 475 days ago
Cool!
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OutPutter
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posted 474 days ago
How many of those boxes have swallowed somebody? Are there teeth inside? Is it safe to handle them?
Very frightening…but also good.
(In case the humor doesn’t translate very well, I’m joking. You’ve done a magnificent job of creating a unique work from a sometimes common form – the box.)
-- Jim
SteveKorz
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posted 418 days ago
Very Cool!... that is really creative.
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mtnwild
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posted 399 days ago
Great idea. Really says” WOOD”, love it.
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Alejandro Galo Moreno
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Thank you, everybody.
-- Alejandro Moreno, CANARY ISLANDS
degoose
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posted 126 days ago
I add only my poor comments to your wonderful work.
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a1Jim
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posted 126 days ago
Your work is so creative and imagenitive
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