S11: box 03

This one is special.  Inspired by a tea pot for a friend's wedding.


The original plan was to have it done before the October 25th wedding date and sent to China as a surprise. 


Well, it didn't quite work out that way:S


The plan was to actually fly over there and give it to him in person, but things didn't quite work out.  The box was finished, but I could not quite swing the trip over - bad timing.due to the project not quite done at work.


No problem, I thought, I'll just send it over via air mail to another person who's going to be at the wedding.  A good surprise, none the less.  Boy, was I wrong.


FedEx or UPS wants about two bills!!!  Sorry, but that's way too expensive for me to ship a small package.


Disappointed...


Ah, well, just have to give it to him when I have a chance to go over there, in a few weeks, to do some reference gathering for an art show next March.

S11: box 02

This is the second attempt of this box.  The first was a total mess, but learned from it quite a bit.

What started as an exploration of grain transition between two different woods, has turned into something more.  At least it reads much different than what I had expected, but in a good way.

I like how the transition turned into some kind of metaphore for the changing of the seasons, which I thought was pretty nice:)

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