Drawer for 4-sun
It's a new week starting today. We've entered October and the latter half of the year is coming into view. I'm planning to move forward with several tasks toward that end. Today, I mainly worked on the final process for the 4-sun 10-steps box with drawer, and started work on a new 4-sun 27-steps box.
The main body of the box with drawer has finished painting and is almost complete, but the drawer that goes inside hadn't been finished yet. Today I made the panel for its lid, sanded it to fit the drawer, and attached the handle.
Also, this lid panel is lightly painted to prevent staining. Without any coating at all, fingerprints tend to appear each time you handle it. This is to prevent that, though not completely. Now the drawer is also complete, and I'll do the final adjustments with the main body.
There was a small request for the 27-steps boxes I'm planning to make this time, so I've decided to add a limited quantity of the traditional yosegi top and bottom panel type. So this time, there will be two types: this type and the zebrawood type. I was planning to make a limited edition kusu wood type, but that has been postponed to next time.
I struggled a bit with photographing the design that randomly combines natural woods (4-sun 27-steps) from the last batch π . Since each one has a slightly different design, I was thinking about how to photograph them and how to distinguish them. Either way, it looks like I'll have to photograph them one by one π. This time I uploaded three types, but I only have one in stock of the middle type. From next time, I'm thinking of making them little by little in small batches. But what's interesting about this design is that it doesn't have a set pattern, so I don't really want to make it too mass-produced of same design.
When I tried this new design, what I was worried about was whether there would be any steps or unevenness where the different woods join together. Fortunately, those joints turned out well, and I feel they flow smoothly like a single board. Also, as I mentioned before, since it's not a fine pattern like traditional marquetry, glue marks can sometimes be noticeable. I carefully polished them with sandpaper, so I don't think there are any. I'd like to continue trying various combinations in the future.
The main body of the box with drawer has finished painting and is almost complete, but the drawer that goes inside hadn't been finished yet. Today I made the panel for its lid, sanded it to fit the drawer, and attached the handle.
Also, this lid panel is lightly painted to prevent staining. Without any coating at all, fingerprints tend to appear each time you handle it. This is to prevent that, though not completely. Now the drawer is also complete, and I'll do the final adjustments with the main body.
There was a small request for the 27-steps boxes I'm planning to make this time, so I've decided to add a limited quantity of the traditional yosegi top and bottom panel type. So this time, there will be two types: this type and the zebrawood type. I was planning to make a limited edition kusu wood type, but that has been postponed to next time.
I struggled a bit with photographing the design that randomly combines natural woods (4-sun 27-steps) from the last batch π . Since each one has a slightly different design, I was thinking about how to photograph them and how to distinguish them. Either way, it looks like I'll have to photograph them one by one π. This time I uploaded three types, but I only have one in stock of the middle type. From next time, I'm thinking of making them little by little in small batches. But what's interesting about this design is that it doesn't have a set pattern, so I don't really want to make it too mass-produced of same design.
When I tried this new design, what I was worried about was whether there would be any steps or unevenness where the different woods join together. Fortunately, those joints turned out well, and I feel they flow smoothly like a single board. Also, as I mentioned before, since it's not a fine pattern like traditional marquetry, glue marks can sometimes be noticeable. I carefully polished them with sandpaper, so I don't think there are any. I'd like to continue trying various combinations in the future.
