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Dairycoates West box bites the dust. Responsible for the lines to Hull Western Docks.
A grim day, as demolition days usually are. So much heritage, so much history. All gone.
Good job we have film and photos. Taken in the mid-1980s.
Just moments after this pic was taken, the bucket of the JCB pulled down that corner of the roof, and the whole top story of the building collapsed like a pack of cards, suggesting that the wooden uprights at the corners were not all that good to start with.
A further box visit back in October 2015 was Ulceby Signal Box.
Ulceby had evolved to cover quite a significant area compared with its original area. It had a reduced frame and an IFS panel. There was also room for a panel to cover Brocklesby but this never happened.
Sadly the box was demolished with undue haste following closure, before the local S&T even had time to recover equipment for spares, the box coming down with everything still in place.
One of the new signals can be seen, ready for York ROC to take over.
We have some Irish friends, who think Cape Cod is just about all right, particularly Provincetown. We are much of their opinion. But they never go there without being entirely grossed out by all the salt water taffy. Taffy, pronounced with an aggressively flat æ digraph, is a soft, sticky candy that is always sold wrapped up in a twist of wax paper, to protect it, presumably, from the moist sea air. I haven't been anywhere, on either coast, where it isn't made and sold as a necessary part of the shore experience. I don't think the tourists would ever go home, if it wasn't for this stuff, ripping out their fillings.
I sometimes think that our Irish friends take exception to the pronunciation of the word, perhaps thinking it's a Yankee mangling of the insular English word, toffee. Indeed, we have toffee, too, but it's a different animal, entirely. Maybe they resent the use of a word that is a tribal slur in England for the Welsh. Hard to say. They might not have a taste for it. I mean, they actually eat and enjoy Turkish delight, which is just nasty.
Oh, yes, this box suggests a piece of salt water taffy to me. I'm highly impressionable and maybe a little impressionistic.
In our last installment of "The Box", Phillip exaggerated himself and Marble off of the Empire State Building by stating the exaggeration "Our house is made of gingerbread" and so it was.
"AWWWWWWWW!" screamed both Marble and Phillip.
"Muahahahaha!" chanted the ants.
"Marble, I am not that hungry anymore."
"You know what we need to do Phillip."
And they both chanted the exaggeration, "We are stuck in a box, we are stuck in a box."
"Don't forget with a llama named Greg," reminded Phillip.
And so it was, both Marble, Phillip and Greg the llama found themselves still stuck in the box.
The sides of this box are a single plank of wood, almost certainly cedar, that was bent in three places.
How was this done? Well, once the maker had fashioned a plank to tolerances that might challenge a modern furniture maker, the maker cut a groove widthwise across the plank at each of the intended corners. Considerable skill and craftsmanship went into planning the shape of the cut and executing the plan. The groove was deep, but it did not go all the way through the plank. Then the wood was steamed to soften it. When the wood was soft enough, the plank was bent 90 degrees at each of the grooves until the two ends of the plank met. Voilà , a bentwood box!
I'd assume the ends of the plank were fastened to each other right away and, if it were me, I'd attach the bottom promptly to prevent warping.
As for the art, the images are highly stylized animals common to the coastal environment. The iconography also included what some Europeans would call "mythical" creatures, though the First Nations people probably thought of them in different terms.
The selection and combination of images communicated complex and important information about the box's owner and the owner's family and clan.
If you want to study this subject deeply, read The Transforming Image: Painted Arts of Northwest Coast First Nations, by Bill McClellan and Karen Duffek, Douglas & McIntyre, Vancouver/Tornonto, University of Washington Press, Seattle (2000).
The Canadian Encyclopedia provides the following information about the Tsimshian peoples:
"The term Tsimshian (Tsim-she-yan, meaning "People of the Skeena") is often broadly applied to all those northern BC Indian groups speaking languages of the Tsimshian language family: NISHGA (or Nisga'a), GITKSAN and the Coast Tsimshian. The latter, sometimes referred to as the Tsimshian Proper, included groups along the lower Skeena River from the Kitselas Canyon and Kitsumkalum (near Terrace) and the adjacent coast south to Milbanke Sound, including Port Simpson, Metlakatla (in the Prince Rupert area), Kitkatla, Hartley Bay and Kitasu. The population of this latter group is 6569 (1996c)."
"In 1887, a group of 825 Tsimshians following missionary William Duncan moved to a site near Ketchikan, Alaska, where they founded the settlement of New Metlakatla. Archaeological excavations in the harbour at Prince Rupert have unearthed the remains of cedar plankhouse villages that date back 5000 years; thus, the Tsimshians claim one of the oldest continuous cultural heritages in the New World. Tsimshian groups are also generally held to be related historically to the Penutian peoples of Oregon and California."
www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Pa...
(Capitalized terms in the foregoing quotes are topic links within the online Canadian Encyclopedia. The links are not active here.)
In the collection of the Museum of Northern BC, Prince Rupert, British Columbia.
I've complied with restrictions on the use of flash, and taken photos only when permitted by the museum.
Boxes stamped with Yellow Owl Workshop's Cityscape set. Very happy-making.
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triangle tin box
JF-535H 140x138x60 mm
Generally, our products fall into 5 categories:
1)Food Container: Chocolate box, tea can, coffee can, candy box, cake box, mooncake box, cookie box, lunch box, handle box, gum box, pepper can, mint tins, cigarette case, mesh box. heart-shape can,
2)Gift Box: Christmas tree case, promotion gift, gift box, candle holder, coin can, money box, music box, watch box, perfume can, jewellery case, sliding box, shoes box, present tin. tin ball, tin toys , car-shape tin, Halloween tin. valentine tin, display box, garment box.
3)Stationery Items: pen case, pen holder, pencil case, glasses case, towel box, tie box, clothes/pants can, cosmetic box, poke/playing card box, metal CD case, CD bag, DVD case, CD holder, DVD holder
4)Home Use Items: Portable ashtray, pocket ashtray, tin coaster, watering can, garbage can, serving tray, tin tray, galvanized pail, iron drum, tin ice bucket, metal ashtray, candle holder, set plant pot and tray, sprayer can, tissue box.
5)Other iron Craftwork: key rings, painting iron craftwork, tin badge, tin sign, keychain, hanging lamp.
They say there's money to be made from photography - maybe not by the photographer through!
And this is only one box!
I was asked to provide a picture of my mirror box set-up, so here it is.... such as it is. I did try to take some pics of the inside of the box, without the lid on, but being a mirror box, there were so many reflections that the images really weren't very illuminating (hehe..... ) Here is the link to the site where I originally got the idea:
www.flickr.com/photos/ronbrinkmann/sets/72157628242004349...
However, after playing with it a few times, I've developed some of my own preferred techniques, which are slightly different than those he recommends.
Mirror tiles conveniently come in boxes of 6, 12"x12" tiles at most building supply/home improvement stores. I bought mine at Rona, and they were under $20. When you assemble the box, offset the tiles relative to one another (and mirror side in, of course) to make sure that the dimensions remain a consistent 12" along each side, or the bottom and top won't fit. This is a job best accomplished with two pairs of hands. Also make sure to completely seal each seam (I used aluminum duct tape) or light will leak in and create 'hot spots'. Tape a handle to the lid for ease of handling.
A small compact camera (preferably one that has Manual settings for exposure control- I have a Canon SX230) is required; a DSLR would be too big for a mirror box of this size. I made a screen for the camera out of poster board, and cut a hole for the lens to fit through.
I didn't like the effect of using the flash for illumination; too many hot spots. I prefer to use a long exposure (8-15 seconds, depending on the subject and the desired effect) and stroke a beam of light along the gap between the lid and and the box; you can experiment with different kinds of light for different effects.
And that's it! Experiment and Enjoy!
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Change the look of a wooden box . Tuto in my blog en mi blog
Long, long i did look for a vintage sewing box for the living room...
If you want to see all the haberdashery goods inside, look & read here: pueppilottchen.blogspot.com
From Wikipedia:
The Humboldt Box (German: Humboldt-Box) is a futuristic museum structure on the Schloßplatz in the center of Berlin, Germany. It was built as a temporary exhibition space and viewing platform for the Berlin Palace - Humboldt Forum construction project and to inform the public about its future use.
The futuristic five-storey building in the center of Berlin, complete with terraces and a rooftop restaurant overlooking the Lustgarten, is 28 metres (92 ft) high and has an area of 3,000 square metres (32,000 sq ft). It opened on 29 June 2011 and welcomed its 100,000th visitor 50 days later. After completion of the Humboldt Forum, planned for 2019, the structure is slated to be dismantled.
The Humboldt Box features exhibits sponsored by the Friends of the Berlin City Palace (German: Förderverein Berliner Schloss e.V.) and organizations projected to be housed in the future Humboldt Forum, including the Ethnological Museum of Berlin, the Museum of Asian Art, the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, various departments of Humboldt University and the Central and Regional Library of Berlin. One floor of the building also serves as a venue for private events. The Humboldt Box was designed by the architectural firm of KSV Krüger Schuberth Vandreike.
Paper: 10 cm, DC for the lid
Modules: 4 + 4
Model: Tomoko Fuse
Book: Beautiful Origami Boxes 1 p. 37-40, p. 46
Arrived at Penmaenmawr just as the 1I16, Holyhead - Birmingham International arrived in the station. With passengers waiting there was just enough time to get onto the footbridge for the departure.Two 2-car units,the second one, 150-259 still in Arriva trains livery !
Design: Clemente Giusto
One Sheet Origami Box
Measurement of paper: 15 cm x 12 cm / 5.9 in x 4.7 in
Article to this design: origamitutorials.com/one-sheet-rectangular-origami-box/
The majestic Victorian signal box at Shrewsbury Shropshire (UK)
Lovely shot of a fantastic structure from David's archives and posted here with kind permission.
Shrewsbury station and signal box seen
the Lea Valley Railway Club "Ffestiniog Orbital" railtour going round the Abbey Foregate curve.
This tour ran from Euston to Wolverhampton where the tour split. Half the tour got on DMUs down the Cambrian to Pwllheli and back to Porthmadog followed by the Ffestiniog railway to Blaenau Ffestiniog and 40122 back to Stafford. The other half of the tour did the same circle in the opposite direction.
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Another room full of boxes after my move. The monitor is not in a box because the box it had been in was all bashed and I took it out to make sure it wasn't broken. It was fine.
!!!!! SORRY here seems to be a big mistake!!
Something wrong with "Aviary"!!!!
Please have a look now
Model: Alien Box
Design: Jorge Jaramillo
Paper: Kaleidoscope Paper by •Julia Schönhuber and simple DC Kraftpaper from a roll
Size: square of 21 x 21cm and 20 x 20 cm
This is another beautiful geometrical box design by Jorge Jaramillo that I had the pleasure to testfold.
I folded them some few weeks ago and find today some time to photograph them with nice weather here in Bavaria :).
Slightly edited shot of a Box Bike Babe in Amsterdam. Taken with my Sony HX1.
In the last 2 years or so, it became extremely fashionable in the best city in the world to have a giant box attached to the steering wheel of your bike. The purpose for this was originally to have more space to stow away bags and other stuff, but quickly it turned out that all these people want to achieve is to terrorize the rest of the population with their oversized boxes. City hall is seriously considering to have the bike-parking metal frames adjusted, so that those humungus atrocities actually fit in there, because unlike a regular bike, these babies require at least 2 or more parking spaces, because of, you guessed it, the boxes. I've never actually seen of these Pod People Box-heads carry anything in it, they really just seem to be there to make a point, which one, I'm not sure, but that could be my limited imagination, lol :)
Almost weekend!
I'm currently living out of a box. There are more in the garage and even more in Washington State, but this is the one I access the most.
For Photogamer challenge "Box."
I made this using yummy goodies from Emma's Paperie...I'm guest designing there this month! I used Dream Street papers by Audrey Neal, Owl paper by Sassafras Lass, mini Jenni Bowlin paper and tickets, and Making Memories epoxy accents to decorate this scalloped keepsake box...=) So much fun! Thanks for peeking!
“There are people who put their dreams in a little box and say, "Yes, I've got dreams, of course I've got dreams." Then they put the box away and bring it out once in awhile to look in it, and yep, they're still there." Erma Bombeck
Left box:
Video tutorial: Paper Kawaii by Chrissy Pushkin
Right Box:
Designer: Tomoko Fuse
Diagram: "Beautiful Origami Boxes 3" by Tomoko Fuse
Units: 1 rectangle for the lid and 1 for the base
Paper: Tant
Assembled without glue
The blythe boxes are so pretty it's really a shame they get put aside or thrown out, so I thought I'd give them a chance to shine.
Wansford signal box stands sentinel over the old Great North Road crossing, providing a warm refuge on a chilly January night.
04-01-2025