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Project by Alejandro Galo Moreno posted 475 days ago 731 views 6 times favorited 19 comments Add to Favorites Watch

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


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sIKE

1093 posts in 632 days


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.

-- //FC - Round Rock, TX - "Experience is what you get just after you need it"

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Bradford

783 posts in 701 days


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.

-- so much wood, so little time. Bradford.

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Alejandro Galo Moreno

145 posts in 492 days


posted 475 days ago

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

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Blake

2715 posts in 752 days


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

3392 posts in 566 days


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 : )

-- You know you're getting old when you know the difference between you're (you are) and your (belonging to you) AND how to use them in a sentence .

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Alejandro Galo Moreno

145 posts in 492 days


posted 475 days ago

It´s a kind of mahogany.
Thank you to all of you.

-- Alejandro Moreno, CANARY ISLANDS

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Woodhacker

1145 posts in 601 days


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

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miles125

1413 posts in 883 days


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""

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YorkshireStewart

779 posts in 779 days


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.

-- Res severa verum gaudium - True pleasure is a serious business. http://www.folksy.com/shops/TreeGems

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Zuki

1218 posts in 955 days


posted 475 days ago

Really unique. The box almost looks alive.

-- The significant problems we face cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them

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thetimberkid

1944 posts in 581 days


posted 475 days ago

Great work!

Thanks for the post

Callum

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DAN

6396 posts in 861 days


posted 475 days ago

sweet work

welcome to lumberjocks

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

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trifern

7890 posts in 645 days


posted 475 days ago

Cool!

-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.

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OutPutter

315 posts in 868 days


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

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SteveKorz

2030 posts in 592 days


posted 418 days ago

Very Cool!... that is really creative.

-- As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17) †

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mtnwild

1979 posts in 405 days


posted 399 days ago

Great idea. Really says” WOOD”, love it.

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

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Alejandro Galo Moreno

145 posts in 492 days


posted 399 days ago

Thank you, everybody.

-- Alejandro Moreno, CANARY ISLANDS

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degoose

1858 posts in 233 days


posted 126 days ago

I add only my poor comments to your wonderful work.

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

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a1Jim

15538 posts in 455 days


posted 126 days ago

Your work is so creative and imagenitive

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

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