Shadow Boxes
I met the owner of B Creative through a local Facebook group. This company preserves floral bouquets --
mostly from weddings, and mounts them either in resin or shadow boxes. They were looking for a local supplier of
shadow boxes and I expressed my interest.
Here is the link to their website.
About the Boxes
- They are offered in several different sizes - these are 12" x 16" and the inside depth is 4.5"
- I make them in small batches and each is to the specifications of B Creative's customer.
- We are working to define a palette of finishes and colors - these are stained Colonial Maple (left) and English Chestnut (right); others are painted, according to the selection of each customer.
Design Challenges
- This project requires me to operate in a production mode, which is different than when I make cutting boards.
- A key design element is that the glass is fixed in the frame and the plywood backboard is removable;
the bouquet is mounted to the backboard and then it is installed in the box. - This requires that the glass be installed as the box is being assembled.
- I have been considering the advantages of working in metric dimensions for some time and decided to take the plunge for this project. It avoids having to convert fractions, which (I hope) will avoid measurement errors and simplifies measurement -- everything is measured in millimeters.
- The glass that I buy is available in any English size that I need - e.g., 12" x 16" but its actual size is a millimeter or two larger. Therefore, the depth of the grove must be adapted to the actual size of each piece of glass.
- The thickness of the glass is specified as 2.5mm, which is thinner than I had the tooling to cut, so I bought a 3mm router bit, which works great for routing the groove to accept the edge of the glass.
Studio 28 Woodcraft
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bob@studio28woodcraft.com
Located in Morristown, NJ
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