The Art Of Making Elegant Wood Boxes: Award Winning Designs [Paperback]

Tony Lydgate (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 30, 1993

Woodworkers will be delighted by this celebration of elegant wood boxes—23 ingenious projects, complete with detailed plans for construction. Lydgate has raised craft to high art....Build exquisite projects without using much material at all....I can’t give a higher recommendation.” —Popular Woodworking.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

The author assembles a collection of plans for 23 of the most spectacular wooden boxes available. Lydgate, who made about half of the featured projects, feels that boxes give the observer a sense of mystery because their contents are unknown. The projects range from traditional rectangular boxes to unusual, one-of-a-kind artworks. One aspect each project has in common is perfect execution and beautiful materials. There is something here for woodworkers of all skill levels. The "Gallery" section profiles those whose work is included and provides insight into the underlying philosophy of the contributors' work. This book has some of the most beautiful photographs of woodcrafts available; it will appeal to both woodworkers and artists who are interested in the best work being done today. Recommended for collections serving those who enjoy making or viewing beautiful wooden objects.
- Jonathan Hershey, Akron-Summit Cty. P.L., Ohio
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Sterling (June 30, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 080698838X
• ISBN-13: 978-0806988382
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 8 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #557,448 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Art of Making Elegant Wooden Boxes, April 8, 2000

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Joseph Kitchen - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Art Of Making Elegant Wood Boxes: Award Winning Designs (Paperback)

I found this book to very good on explaning how to make different kinds of joints, hinges, and box desings. It gives you many good desings to work off of and shows you how to use your tools properly. One thing that I did not like about the book was that it just shows you how make these boxes by just using power tools, but never tells you how to make them by just using hand tools, even though they do encourage it.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Check the dimensions - 'cause he didn't, March 23, 2003

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Dave Heller (Oakton, VA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Art Of Making Elegant Wood Boxes: Award Winning Designs (Paperback)

The boxes in this book are quite attractive. Construction technique is a little iffy (ie squareness is not assured through joinery, just by clamping it together and fiddling with it), but acceptable. However, the box that I built from it had incorrect dimensions in the cutting list, so the carefully grainmatched drawer pieces were too small for the hole. Not cool. There were other examples where it's clear that no-one made the boxes from the descriptions to confirm the instructions.
I would recommend the book more for the concepts than the details.

4.0 out of 5 stars Not bad..., May 5, 2009

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This review is from: The Art Of Making Elegant Wood Boxes: Award Winning Designs (Paperback)

Nice book on box making images, not as much detail into assembly as I'd like. OK under $15 delivered. I don't personally like to use sanding as a method of milling wood.