Formulating Ideas

Coming up with Ideas for how to format my photo collage. I initially thought I was going to go with a typical grid lay out, but quickly found that was far to cluttered for the nature of the pictures. Laying out the pictures in one straight line looks really nice on the white background, but that means this is going to be a very LONG project!

Photo Documentation Inspiration

Final Box

The box is coming together!

Cardboard Prototype

I finished my cardboard prototype, and found out that cutting cardboard is a whole lot harder to cut than wood! I tried a tapered shape with the cardboard, and I really like how it came out, minus the rather shaky cuts. I think the tapered box will reflect the shape of the wands much better than the plain rectangle would have. Now on to gluing more wood! (I can't wait to see this walnut when it's all done, it'll be beautiful!)

Prototype Box

I decided to make a prototype box just so I could work out any kinks in construction, and also to see how I liked the shape, or how I should change it. For my first box, I think it came out pretty good. I definitely learned a lot from making this box, and found out that the ideal order to cut the pieces was not what I had originally thought.

For my next (and final) box, I'm gonna change up the shape to make the box a bit more interesting, and also reflect the object better. I'm also going to get a bit more wood to use so I've got a little bit more leeway for mistakes on my final box.

Testing out the bandsaw

I was actually surprised by how easy the bandsaw was to use. I thought that curves were just a tad harder to cut as you had to constantly keep moving, and that made keeping the shape you wanted a bit difficult. Cutting straight was no problem at all with the guide. I was really scared to make the small cuts, but quickly found even that was pretty easy with the right techniques and pieces of scrap wood to keep your fingers safe :)