Last 2 boxes for 2023
Last month I had one box for sale and had three customers. So I made two more boxes and got those three all sorted. Now I have the last 2 boxes for this year, so I’m going to use an idea I saw Chris Schwarz using - if you’re interested in buying one of these boxes, send me an email saying either “strapwork” or “carved & painted” and I’ll pick a name out of a hat. That way if there’s more customers than boxes, it’ll be a semi-level playing field, rather than the quickest responder. It may be a moot point. If someone comes up box-less, I can make more, they just won’t be ready until late January.
Here’s some details about them. Payment through paypal, I’ll send an invoice. Questions, leave a comment here or email me at Peterfollansbee7@gmail.com
As an aside, each of these boxes has a small “surprise” inside, nothing to jump up & down about - but a bit of novelty. I’ll show everyone once the boxes are in the hands of their new owners.
Strapwork box
This box is all riven red oak, except the pine bottom and the till side & bottom. Wooden pintle hinges. Strapwork pattern on the lid as well as the box front & sides.
Here’s a view of the lid - a pattern I’ve been wanting to carve for a couple of years. Finally got to it this year - this is the second version. I’m going to make myself one this winter…the lid is 14 1/8” x 24 1/4”.
H: 8 1/2” W: 24 1/4” D: 14 1/8”
$2,060 includes shipping in US.
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Carved & Painted box
The second box is quartersawn oak with a pine lid & bottom.
This pattern is copied from one by Thomas Dennis, joiner from Ipswich, Massachusetts, c. 1660s-1700. There’s lots of boxes that survive from his shop and this pattern is the most commonly used one. I made the paint by dissolving pigments in linseed oil & thinner.
The pine lid is typical of that period - the joiners in New England made frequent use of wide, millsawn white pine. Some people are put off by the bright white pine versus the oak. Over time the color difference becomes completely muted - here’s a box I made 19 years ago beside this new box. Same woods all around, red oak boxes, pine lids & bottoms. Linseed oil finish. Our stuff gets a once-in-a-while dusting & polishing with nothing special - grocery store furniture polish. Once or twice a year if I think of it. Most of that patina is from light & time.
I left the ends unpainted, there’s not enough background there to matter. Wooden hinges as usual.
H: 9” W: 24” D: 15”
$1,545 includes shipping in US.
nice idea--and very nice boxes