Patrick Walsh
12-28-2015, 5:23 PM
Sadly my mothers brother of only 59 years past suddenly this last week due to a aneurism.
The only thing to make it home from the funeral was a single rose intended for the casket but also given to family members to take home if they like.
So often after a funeral a flower gets hung to dry with the intention of keeping it forever. Sooner than later that dried flower normally gets bumped around and disintegrates into nothingness.
I figured i would try and do something to make sure this flower was preserved. I made a simple box. It was not till mid way through building the box for this single dried flower that i noticed the box resembled a casket and the rose a body. I almost decided to stop making the box.
This was my first time using a lock miter cutter. Man that was not fun! I used it because i wanted to have the grain pattern wrap around all sides of the box and i thought the detail from above would add interest to the joint. I am fairly happy with the box but next time i will just hand cut double blind dovetails.
The only thing to make it home from the funeral was a single rose intended for the casket but also given to family members to take home if they like.
So often after a funeral a flower gets hung to dry with the intention of keeping it forever. Sooner than later that dried flower normally gets bumped around and disintegrates into nothingness.
I figured i would try and do something to make sure this flower was preserved. I made a simple box. It was not till mid way through building the box for this single dried flower that i noticed the box resembled a casket and the rose a body. I almost decided to stop making the box.
This was my first time using a lock miter cutter. Man that was not fun! I used it because i wanted to have the grain pattern wrap around all sides of the box and i thought the detail from above would add interest to the joint. I am fairly happy with the box but next time i will just hand cut double blind dovetails.