5 takes on the tea box
The idea was simple: Ask a few Fine Woodworking contributing editors to make a box to hold tea bags. We gave them dimensions for the bags, but no other design constraints. Then we waited for the boxes to get made and sent to us. As we expected, Christian Becksvoort, Michael Fortune, Garrett Hack, Roland Johnson, and Steve Latta created boxes that are beautiful, elegant, practical, and charming. However, we were a bit surprised by just how well each box expressed the personality of its creator. There’s just no mistaking who made which box.
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I love the work of Garrett Hack. I am going to build something like his with lacewood for my son. OMG is that stuff hard and dense. And just for fun I am going to put a drawer on the side for no particular purpose! I am not sure how or what to use for inlay. The lacewood has an amazing grain pattern. Perhaps an ebony and holly strip in morse code like Garrett has done in the past. What a great idea for the magazine.
I really liked Christian Becksvoort "light refreshing..." tea box and tried making it. It's not as easy as it looks. What I'm really wondering is what Mr. Becksvoort glue up strategy was? Typical large clamps don't work well. Did he use straps or heavy rubber bands around a form? Lots of pieces there to glue up accurately. I'd really like to know what his strategy was.
Hans