Drawer box in a Solid wood design
It’s the start of a new week again. Until last week, there were still some days when the sun felt strong and hot, but according to the forecast, it will finally start to cool down this week. As I mentioned in Friday’s post, I went to a fair over the weekend where many artists displayed their handmade works. I was able to see wonderful pieces not only from the creators I had planned to visit, but also from new artists I met there. I learned a lot and found many things to think about. I hope to apply these inspirations to my future creations and sales. Most of the artists sell only within Japan, but I truly hope that some of them will start offering their works overseas as well. There are so many hidden talents out there! There was an artist who creates works using very delicate threads, and their craftsmanship was truly incredible — I couldn’t even imagine how some of those pieces were made. I also purchased several of their works.
It was rainy until early this morning, but once the rain stopped, the humidity wasn’t too high.So I resumed work on the square puzzle boxes, making and attaching the sliding key panels that I had put on hold. I finished one side today and plan to attach the other side tomorrow.This time, I’m making three different design types. One of them uses the traditional yosegi pattern, but since I ended up with more walnut panels than expected, the yosegi type has the traditional yosegi on the top panel only, while the bottom panel is made of walnut. The limited solid wood edition features solid wood panels on both the top and bottom.
The next project has already been decided. I’ll be making 5-sun 10-steps Drawer puzzle boxes. This time, it’s a solid wood type, requested by an overseas shop. It’s the same model I made before, which is already shown on my website. The top and bottom panels are made of walnut, and the side panels combine three types of wood: walnut, nyatoh, and urushi wood.
Recently, I was finally able to start using these materials again, so I decided to begin this new project. Today, I started by making the solid wood side panels. I joined the three kinds of wood together to form one panel, Then I glue the structural side panels together.
This solid wood 5-sun box with a drawer features a natural wood design overall, but only the front of the drawer has a traditional yosegi sheet applied. This is because, when I made the previous yosegi-type drawer box, I used the same type of drawer for the solid wood version as well. It might look a bit unusual that only the drawer front has yosegi, but I think of it as a kind of nice little extra touch. So I plan to make it the same way this time too.
It was rainy until early this morning, but once the rain stopped, the humidity wasn’t too high.So I resumed work on the square puzzle boxes, making and attaching the sliding key panels that I had put on hold. I finished one side today and plan to attach the other side tomorrow.This time, I’m making three different design types. One of them uses the traditional yosegi pattern, but since I ended up with more walnut panels than expected, the yosegi type has the traditional yosegi on the top panel only, while the bottom panel is made of walnut. The limited solid wood edition features solid wood panels on both the top and bottom.
The next project has already been decided. I’ll be making 5-sun 10-steps Drawer puzzle boxes. This time, it’s a solid wood type, requested by an overseas shop. It’s the same model I made before, which is already shown on my website. The top and bottom panels are made of walnut, and the side panels combine three types of wood: walnut, nyatoh, and urushi wood.
Recently, I was finally able to start using these materials again, so I decided to begin this new project. Today, I started by making the solid wood side panels. I joined the three kinds of wood together to form one panel, Then I glue the structural side panels together.
This solid wood 5-sun box with a drawer features a natural wood design overall, but only the front of the drawer has a traditional yosegi sheet applied. This is because, when I made the previous yosegi-type drawer box, I used the same type of drawer for the solid wood version as well. It might look a bit unusual that only the drawer front has yosegi, but I think of it as a kind of nice little extra touch. So I plan to make it the same way this time too.
