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Spring Art Show Dates! Plus: New Boxes and New Etchings 

2/26/2014

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 We will be showing this spring in April at Art City Austin on April 12-13, and Artscape in the Dallas Arboretum on April 26-27. Come out to eiher of these fine art shows at fabulous locations- downtown Austin or the gardens of he Dallas Arboretum- and see us!
Here is our new koi box, made of leopardwood, with an etched, goldleafed, and painted top and a lacquered base- it's so shiny that the koi are reflected in it. It's hinged.

Another new box: walnut root burl top on a mesquite box with wenge trim and ceramic skull details. Also, we're working on a 5-sided glass box featuring monkeys. Here are some of the pieces- it will be glass on all four sides and the top, etched with monkeys on branches. The wood connecting pieces will be of black wenge, and the inside base will be goldleafed.

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And here is one of the side pieces for another mostly glass box: an art nouveau inspired fish and water lilies. The top will be etched lilypads.

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Snow White, Dog Love, a Murder of Crows

2/13/2014

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Our newest box- another in our "story box" series- with artwork modified from Laura Barrett's illustrations. This is "Snow White" with Snow White and the wicked queen woodburned on the front. The queen, of course, is looking into her magic mirror, which is real mirror inlaid into the maple, surrounded by wenge and purpleheart framing and woodburned detail. The queen has a 22K goldleafed crown on. The top is framed in wenge. Inside is a woodburning of the wicked queen in disguise as the old woman, holding out the poisoned apple, which is painted in red epoxy paint. The box is walnut with wenge trim.
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And below are two new glass etchings- a woman and dog at sunset (we love dogs but have no dog love boxes- we had to rectify this!), and a murder of crows. Both are painted black in the etch, and the dog glass is covered with colored epoxy for the sunset effect.
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Our boxes now on exhibit in the Austin ABIA Airport! Plus: butterflies, koi, man-and-parrot love.

2/9/2014

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We now have an exhibit of our boxes in the the Austin ABIA Airport! Look for them just where you enter through the main security checkpoint in a pylon display case. These boxes will be in the exhibit until mid-May.  We are available nearly every day for appointments at our woodshop in downtown Austin, so if you're visiting, give us a call (512-434-9171) to come see the boxes on these pages, or to discuss making a custom box.
Also below, new glass etchings. First, a girl with butterflies. The butterflies are goldleafed in the etch and then painted. Also, a new koi fish etching: raindrop splatters etched on the top of the glass, and the fish etched underneath, goldleafed in the etch, and then painted with orange and black.
And underneath, because they're both so gorgeous: Tom and Zazu. A man and a bird hanging out together. What could be nicer?


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Parakeet/Parrot Boxes (and more ravens, and yes, more jellyfish).

2/1/2014

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 New boxes (and at great prices)- a woodburned and painted parakeet on maple, with pecan sides. The grain of the wood really cooperated here by giving a feathery effect to the green paint on the stomach.  We are huge parakeet fans, although our two parakeets think we are disgusting, revolting beasts. We seem  not to be able to convince them that we are good guys.
Below, a cockatoo box, also woodburned and painted maple with pecan sides.

Also below, two new etched and painted glass jellyfish; I was looking for a "watercolor" effect by putting paint on the etch and then rubbing most of it off. These have a lovely, delicate feel to them- they will make  beautiful, mostly opaque box tops. They are finished with epoxy with paint swirled into it to give a watery effect.

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Also, the beginnings of a new locking box with a steampunk feel: a cabinet box with a raised wooden raven on a woodbunred tree. The raven will hold an ornate brass key on a ribbon in his beak on the front. The key will unlock the walnut box, and the inside back will be a contrast to the starkness of the outside: a vivid rose with a hummingbird, butterfly, and beetle, all painted in iridescent paint. I do like contrasts.
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    Tom Beach and Amanda Walker

    Tom works full time building boxes and entertaining and feeding pets.

    Amanda does the glass casting and etching and is generally busy having a midlife crisis

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