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Australian Wood Review

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‘Respect, that’s what I have for boxmakers.’ Those words were how I started an article for this magazine many years ago after completing three lidded boxes. After recently making a batch of 17 small boxes that original statement still holds today!

So much work and detailing goes into a small object, in some ways as much work as we would put into a table in fact. If you observe people viewing small boxes you will note they always tend to look for any faults, finding things that are not perfect. It’s almost like a game, where people will hold an object up and say, ‘Ah-ha! There’s a tiny gap there’. But the twist is, that pro rata tables sell for a lot more money…

These boxes are

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