About this item
Think inside the box! Looking for a fun way to make use of those offcuts you've been saving? Making wooden boxes is a great way to use scrap lumber or exotic woods that can prove too expensive for larger projects. Boxes require a minimal amount of material but afford you the opportunity to learn and practice a range of woodworking techniques. Plus, handmade boxes make great gifts.Build 25 Beautiful Boxes features an array of gorgeous boxes for a variety of special uses. You'll find stunning designs for jewelry boxes and chests, boxes for pens, a wedding ring music box, boxes with unique shapes and distinctive gift boxes. Along the way you'll learn inlay and joinery techniques that can be applied to other areas of your woodworking. Inside you'll find:25 art and heirloom box projects designed by a box-making masterStep-by-step instructions for making inlay and using it to enhance your projectsGreat ideas for using precious wood scrapsHelpful tips for sourcing woodLet this book be your guide and start making your own beautiful wooden boxes today.
About the Author
Doug Stowe began his career as a woodworker in 1976, making custom furniture and small boxes. He lives on a wooded hillside at the edge of Eureka Springs, Arkansas and specializes in the use of Arkansas hardwoods. In 1995, he began writing how-to articles for woodworking magazines. In 1997 his first woodworking book was published and his eighth is coming in the fall of 2014. He is also the author of three Taunton DVDs, Basic Box Making and Rustic Furniture Basics and Building Small Cabinets.
He is the author of over 70 articles in woodworking magazines, and two of his books have been translated into German.
In 2001, he began a woodworking program at the Clear Spring School, designed to integrate woodworking activities to stimulate and reinforce academic curriculum, restoring the rationale for the use of crafts in general education and demonstrating its effectiveness. In 2009 he was named an "Arkansas Living Treasure" by the Arkansas Department of Heritage and Arkansas Arts Council for his contributions to traditional crafts and craft education.
He also teaches at the Eureka Springs School of the Arts and the Marc Adams School of Woodworking and at woodworking clubs throughout the US.
