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Written instructions, photographs, designs, patterns, and projects.
Exquisite inlaid covers, gracefully simple lines and soft curves, glorious woods, intriguing lids, and intricate compartments are the hallmarks of the work of some of the world's best box-making artists. "If you think a box is just a box, you're in for a surprise. The boxes Lydgate details are...handcrafted works that call for such exotic woods as rosewood, purpleheart, satinwood, and Hawaiian koa....Not a lot of board feet are needed for any project and the average woodworker will have the tools to make every project in the book."--Booklist.
Publisher description
Discusses wood selection, explains how to design turned, music, and jewelry boxes, and includes suggestions for projects and tips on finishing
Features 34 contemporary masters of the wooden box. Each artist's profile includes photographs of their work and a short essay focusing on design ideas and objectives. Includes jewelry boxes, desk boxes, reliquaries, keepsake boxes and more.
• Attractive gift book for woodworkers. • A craftsman's companion that celebrates the elite artisans who have taken box-making to a higher level of aesthetic form. • Inspirational studio-quality photographs of spectacular boxes. • Oscar P. Fitzgerald is a nationally known historian, author, lecturer, and consultant.
Think inside the box! It’s amazing how many ways the experts at Wood� magazine find to make the seemingly simple and always popular box durable, useful, and attractive. Just look at the appealing photos showcasing a bevy of bandsawn boxes, boxes with exquisite marquetry, lovely luminary boxes, and many more to inspire the woodworker. Here are the ABCs of box making, all replete with pictures and diagrams, and with breathtaking techniques aplenty. Transform functional side joints into highly decorative ones that also add strength; attach veneers to create three-dimensional illusions; form imaginative boxes at the bandsaw from a single piece of wood; and use inlay, scrollsaw, beveling, and molding. Most enticing are the more than three dozen designs ranging from fanciful to utilitarian. A Selection of the F&W Book Club.
This New York Times bestselling book is filled with hundreds of fun, deceptively simple, budget-friendly ideas for sprucing up your home. With two home renovations under their (tool) belts and millions of hits per month on their blog YoungHouseLove.com, Sherry and John Petersik are home-improvement enthusiasts primed to pass on a slew of projects, tricks, and techniques to do-it-yourselfers of all levels. Packed with 243 tips and ideas—both classic and unexpected—and more than 400 photographs and illustrations, this is a book that readers will return to again and again for the creative projects and easy-to-follow instructions in the relatable voice the Petersiks are known for. Learn to trick out a thrift-store mirror, spice up plain old roller shades, "hack" your Ikea table to create three distinct looks, and so much more.
Offers step-by-step instructions, illustrated by detailed bandw diagrams and photos, on how to make simple and more complicated decorative boxes. Chapters explain progressively advanced techniques and give instructions for projects using the techniques. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Featuring 400 outstanding works that range from traditional to wildly contemporary, this superb gallery celebrates the art of the wooden box. The wonderfully wide variety of styles includes traditional jewelry and keepsake, turned, and tool boxes; miniature treasure chests; and sculptural work. Each one has been personally chosen by renowned boxmaker Tony Lydgate, and appears in an exquisite color plate; many of the boxes also come with detailed images that reveal important construction secrets. The selection includes pieces by a distinguished group of artists.