Thread: Completed some Boxes!! Finally!

Originally Posted by RufflyRustic

Ah,yes, another lightbulb moment.

How do you go about designing your boxes? Do you work out a plan beforehand, or swing it and see what comes out when you start working with the timber?

Wendy, I always sketch out a basic plan showing measurements and make a cutting list so that I can get the optimum cuts from the timber, dimensions can be altered to suit timber if need be, as I mentioned in one of my previous threads sometimes the selected timber dictates the box size and proportions but my advice is always sketch it out. KC

Originally Posted by RufflyRustic

How do you go about designing your boxes? Do you work out a plan beforehand, or swing it and see what comes out when you start working with the timber?

Sometimes I get an idea in my head, and work on it till I have a design on paper. Then I'll hunt around for some suitable wood. On rare occasions I'll do a prototype in something that's lying around.
Other times I'l get a nice piece of wood, and stare at it over a few days or weeks until I get an idea of what to do with it.
Handles and drawer pulls usually won't be designed until the rest is made, then they can be made to suit.

Very nice Ruffly

Wendy,
You have done a fantastic job with the boxes

It's always good when others appreciate your work, especially when they are prepared to pay!

All the best,
Andy

Originally Posted by dai sensei

What a difference to those orginal ones you made with nails and rough sawn timber

Thanks Andy and Andy, Major and Kerry

So, sketching out more than what I'm doing at the moment maybe, pondering the timber, prototyping... and not taking the easy way out on handles

I particularly loved the Mango box, The design and character of the timber shows through beautifully and would be my pick of those boxes. The others are all nicely made and great but the Mango does it for me.

Beautiful job Wendy, love em!

[QUOTE=RufflyRustic;1313005]Ah,yes, another lightbulb moment.

How do you go about designing your boxes? Do you work out a plan beforehand, or swing it and see what comes out when you start working with the timber?

Great to see your work and congrats on the sales. Always a satisfactory moment when someone likes something enough to part company with money to have what you have made.

I always swing it. I look at a piece of wood and it is either a lid, or suggests its purpose and I go about trying to help it achieve its suggestion. But hell, I haven't been in the workshop for months.. Heading out there soon! Thanks for the incentive, and enthusiasm.

Lovely stuff.

Maxine

Grey twerk there wendy!!

Truly beautiful collection of boxes and very difficult to choose a favourite!

Thanks Maxine! glad to hear you will be back in your workshop soon

John, Rattrap and Artme

Good to see you're still productive Wendy and congrat's for selling them so quickly - wish I could get rid of some dust catchers as easy The boxes all look good but the squiggle top's would take some beating.

Of course they all sold! They're great.

Good job!