We enjoyed making the parrot box so much we made this fish box in the same vein, although it's much smaller. The head and tail are painted and lacquered (with lots of iridescent sparkle), and the woodburned hinged doors are cocobolo with copper fins that double as pulls to open the doors. The side fins are etched and carved glass, and the box hidden behind is cedar on a maple base. It's got magnet closures to hold the doors to the front.
This was a royal pain, but it turned out so nice it's hard not to want to make more. We can't seem to get the knack of diminishing returns on all the time-consuming detail- we could easily run into the tens of work hours on boxes like this- but the price one can charge is limited.
This was a royal pain, but it turned out so nice it's hard not to want to make more. We can't seem to get the knack of diminishing returns on all the time-consuming detail- we could easily run into the tens of work hours on boxes like this- but the price one can charge is limited.
And I like hinged door boxes so much (which annoys Tom since he has to set the hinges) that a few are in the works- a series with related designs inside and out. These woodburned holly doors open to show a woodburned and painted heart on holly behind the ribcage- I epoxied the wood with the heart so it's very glossy. The box is reclaimed pine. We're still not sure about pulls to open the doors- the ones I like remind Tom of "a frat boy's nipple rings." I didn't know frat boys HAD nipple rings.
And another iteration shows a woodburned tree on maple with a glass snake pull opening to show a woodburned Eve with an apple (also on maple). I gave the apple a touch of red, which turned out well. I sewed the glass snake to the wood with copper wire and it looks terrific. We're thinking a dark exotic wood for the sides of this one.
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