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Roses and Octopi: New Boxes

9/20/2012

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So we got a little derailed on the rose box, but are back on track. We have a small rosewood box for the top, and will put thin wenge legs (like stems) to support it. We have pale green glass leaves to put on the stems, which will make it really gorgeous and different (and also very fragile). We are toying with the idea of putting real rose thorns on the legs(the upside of having a recently dead rosebush), but that would make it pretty sharp and yet more fragile. I'm not sure how appealing this would actually be to anyone, and it would probably be a pain in the ass.

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On a totally different note, I really like cephalopods, and we already made one octopus wood and glass box, at left (it's for sale under "wood and glass boxes" on the website!).  This one was fun to make, although it took a LOT of carving with the sandblaster.  I've been wanting to design a completely different octopus box that had a more watery effect than this one. The round glass skeleton box we finished recently (see last post) was a good model for another box on a big glass base.

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So I etched this octopus on a 2" thick piece of clear glass. The bubbles in the glass are great- the octopus really looks as if it's under water. We'll use some lovely tulipwood that is two-toned with a wavy pattern for a long box, and we'll attach it to the glass base (how? Don't know yet). I'd like to stabilize it from being rolly by making curvy wood tentacles that come down from the box to the tabletop. on either side of the glass, so no base will be necessary.

I'd kind of like to combine the rose and octopus themes- perhaps an octopus with roses wound into its tentacles?

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