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This box has been in my family for over 100 years. It is said to have been looted from the Emperor's summer palace during the Boxer Rebellion.
The size is 280 x 120 x 90 mm
I don't know how much credence to give to that story, but it is beautifully and intricately carved. It's condition is only fair, with some shrinkage and splitting of the wood and some minor damage to the carvings in places.
More information from someone knowledgeable would be welcome.
Here's the inside of my DIY light box, zoomed out to see all the crap you're not supposed to see. This is a VERY preliminary model - if I like it I'll build a better frame and avoid the red tape.
Basically it's just a cardboard box painted flat white on the inside. I cut holes in the sides and covered them with tissue paper. I shine a 250 watt halogen work lamp at each side, and you get a much more ambient light. That's the idea, anyway.
interesting pattern of windows in the Thomas Graham building of Strathclyde University. Pattern 55/100
Lots of these everywhere on Hawthorn and on the wild rose hips! Taken in various locations in Eure - Normandy
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Joe Overstreet, Boxes, 1970, acrylic on constructed canvas with metal grommets and cotton rope, 292.1 × 171.5 × 121.9 cm (Art Bridges, © estate of the artist)
A view of the Ash and Bog Oak trinket box with lid removed. The lid is a loose fit to allow for side grain movement. Sold.
This box is for a swap with the Marie Antoinette Mail Art Group. Now I have to fill the box I made up with goodies for Terri H.
The only signal box on the Tarka Line is the little LSWR box at Crediton. We have just pulled away a minute later after exchanging the token for the single line to Okehampton. We also had a dartmoor Railway pilotman onboard as the line beyond Coleford is actually not owned by Network Rail.
This is a former Air Mail box - now used for ordinary mail. Before the war this was painted light blue and had a second plate on the front giving details of air mail rates.
Waiting all day for the electricians to get out of my closet, the carpenter to drill a new hole in my counter, the Qwest guy to transfer the lines, and the phone guy to bring over the phone system.
Building a monome box for a monome 40h kit with an accelerometer...
Original post at www.iduun.com/blog
I had an idea for a home page, but ran out of time and energy to do all the journaling I'd need to do to tell the story.
So this is a quickie using a scalloped template I got at Jessicasprague.com.
Joe Overstreet, Boxes, 1970, acrylic on constructed canvas with metal grommets and cotton rope, 292.1 x 171.5 x 121.9 cm (Art Bridges, © estate of the artist)