Techniques

Mark and drill

I make some jewellery boxes that have a lid that pivots up. Read about how I do this in this technical Blog post

Tape and glue does the trick

One thing that often needs to be solved when making boxes (or anything really) is how to hold the item that is being worked on. Sometimes...

Making dust (and noise too!)

Noise and dust is made shaping a walnut jewellery box lid..

'Flow' chest of drawers

A chest of drawers is a large item of furniture to make. In this post, I show how I made the 'Flow' chest of drawers.

A place to store time - part 3

It is always exciting to visit the veneer merchant and select some veneer for a project you are working on. Just to break the illusion of...

A place to store time - part 2

In the last post in this multi-part blog entry, I was showing how the core of the jewellery boxes were made, and some of the veneering...

A place to store time - part 1

I had this idea that I would make some jewellery boxes that could (and I say could) be used to keep cufflinks, collar stiffeners and...

Things that go bump in the night!

Okay, so this isn't really about things that go bump in the night. I am sure there are better places on the web to read ghost stories...

Handmade Boxes