I had given the prize some thought and have been a fan of Andrew Crawford's work for quite some time and armed with one of his books I decided to stretch myself and make a box with a book-matched veneered lid, decorated edges and quadrant hinges. I'm not suggesting for one moment that my work has got anywhere near the quality of Andrew's work but I was quite pleased with the outcome and certainly the prize was well received and many kind comments were made to me. I did however make a fundamental error in the making of this box in that I used boxwood flat lines for the corners instead of squares. The overall effect looks very similar but squares are the right way to go!
This was the result;
The side are solid iroko and the lid burr maple. I really like to work with iroko, it works and machines beautifully and the pale French polish really makes the yellow streaks in the grain glow. It's a wood I intend to use again for a future project.
So that was one year ago and I have been busy most of this Easter weekend working on this years box. Trying to keep this blog in chronological order means that you won't see this for a little while yet but you can get a sneak preview if you head over to my regular photography blog ;-)
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