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Overview
Small boxes are amongst the most attractive and marketable of all turned items. Stott offers 50 projects to practised turners looking for creative ideas to help develop their abilities, using both native and exotic timbers to maximise the striking colours and grain patterns available. Further inspiration is provided by other leading turners including Allan Batty, Kip Christensen, and Ray Key.
Small boxes are amongst the most attractive of all turned items and these 50 projects will appeal to practised turners. Projects include a Mosque box, Pagoda boxes, a Beehive box and many others.
Synopsis
Fifty projects, showcasing an incredible richness of shapes and styles, will appeal to turners who have mastered the basics and long to expand their range of techniques. Among the highlights: graceful teardrop, Japanese lantern, skep or beehive, onion-top, and mosque boxes. Each design comes with a working drawing (usually full-size) and color photographs. Bonus: a gallery of works by leading turners.
Library Journal
Turned boxes are some of the most popular and attractive projects that can be made using a lathe. A professional turner, Stott offers a collection of 50 wooden boxes that are remarkable both for their beauty and for their diverse design. After the obligatory tool and wood sections (which are excellent), Stott presents ideas for designing and marketing boxes and shows several methods of finishing them. The boxes range from plain (appropriately called the "simple box") to fancy (one example is evocative of the Space Needle in Seattle). Each design includes instructions, color photos, and a measured drawing with both imperial and metric dimensions. A gallery with boxes made by five leading turners rounds out this title (work by Richard Raffan isn't included, which is unfortunate since his Turning Boxes with Richard Raffan is the standard on this subject). Stott's title is the perfect mate to Raffan's since its forte is design, while Raffan excels at teaching turning technique. This, Stott's first book, is excellent and should be part of public library woodworking collections. Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.