The end of July saw me back at the bindery for lidded box. It goes without saying that the group was wonderful and the tutor excellent.

We constructed one box over 2 days. How hard could it be to make a box, you ask? Pretty hard and very precise!

The box is designed to hold a book, it’s made from book board and covered with wallpaper samples and book-cloth. I was after something quite bold and contrasty, though the end product didn’t quite realise my vision. I’m reasonably pleased with it. Another one of those techniques I would benefit from practicing.

On with the pix!

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Process – lots of right angles, straight cuts and precision fitting

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Finished box!

The base is covered in book cloth and lined in wallpaper. The lid is the reverse. The wallpaper was much more forgiving and easier to use on the corners.

my morning pages journal shoved in for illustrative purposes

Another object I have no idea what I will do with, but looks nice on the shelf.

In retrospect I would have made the lid as a single layer of box board because I think it is visually unbalanced and too heavy. But I could certainly drive a car over it and it would remain unscathed – which is apparently the test of a well-made box.