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Improve Your Design Skills One Box at a Time
List of contents
1.
Introduction2.
Basic box making techniquesMatching grain at the corners
Cutting miters
Gluing up miters
Tops that don't need hinges
Designing and making pulls
Making a stable bottom
Finishing
3.
Box designGood design begins with good proportions
Develop your aesthetic
Harmonize your design and construction
Design. Build. Repeat.
4.
The boxesAfterwordWhat I learned
My favorite boxes
About the author
Matt Kenney has been making things from wood his entire life. About 15 years ago, when he was a poor and recently married graduate student with plans for a philosophy professorship, he began to make furniture. He was still bumbling along when a generous professional furniture maker in Camden, S.C., (Joe Mazurek) took him into his shop and taught him to cut dovetails, make doors, and hammer veneer. For the last six years, Kenney has been an editor at
Fine Woodworking. He lives in Watertown, Connecticut.
Summary
The senior editor of Fine Woodworking magazine shares his simple design and construction techniques to create fifty-two beautiful boxes with elegant lines and minimal decoration.
