Boxes

I am grateful to the flowing brook which travels past my home on its way to the Delaware river 3 miles downstream. I visit almost every day and breath in its gentle current ; endlessly flowing over and shaping river stones  through time.  So peaceful yet so persistently strong and ever changing in form.

So ‘flowing brook’ keepsake boxes represent this form. A gentle stream flowing, and shaping through time.

"Nothing in the world
is as soft, as weak, as water,
nothing else can wear away
the hard, the strong,
and remain unaltered.
Soft overcomes hard,
weak overcome strong.
Everbody knows it,
nobody uses the knowledge".

Lao Tzu Te Ching (translation by Ursula K.LeGuin

Large 2 draw ‘flowing brook’ keepsake box

16″L x 6″w x 4″w

African mahogany, with maple, cherry and walnut veneer waves, figured maple pulls, felted interior.

Medium 2 draw ‘flowing brook’ keepsake box

9” l x 4.5″w x 3.5″h

African mahogany, with maple cherry and rosewood wave veneers, figured maple pulls, felted.

African mahogany, with maple cherry and rosewood wave veneers, figured maple pulls, felted.

Quantum Box

The Quantum box is a functional sculpture which lends itself to the Art Deco tradition, and is a tribute to the influences of that tradition: namely that of the industrial age and of scientific thought. A fusion of art and science, this piece represents the beauty of the elementary form, the simplest form:  an atomic particle with it’s magnetic forces revolving in their orbitals . Emphasis more on form than function, a pull on an orbital opens a functional ring draw lined in a velvety finish.  

Birds Eye Maple, East Indian Rosewood pulls and base, rubbed varnish finish.

9″w x 11″ h x 6″w