Another box!
Feb. 15th, 2025 11:17 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ellerThis one, I made a few weeks ago for Boyfriend. Another "masterpiece" in cardboard waste and duct tape...
It has a closing mechanism with three "buttons" (well, wire wrapped in duct tape) and some string. I left the cover blank so Boyfriend could paint on it. (By now, he did so, with some difficulties because the paper quality sucked. Which was to be expected, because... Well. Cardboard waste.)
The inside is a study in duct tape. XD Most of the walls are cardboard covered in tape, for the sake of stability. The only exception is the pencil compartment, which I left wobbly for easier access. (As in, no one would get the pencil out of there otherwise. LOL)
...and that's what it looks like when it is filled! All the important stuff (pencil, eraser, fineliners, waterbrush, watercolors, white acrylic pen) in one place.
First, I had been considering to make one for myself, just mirrored because I'm left-handed* and would not want to accidentally drag my sleeve through wet watercolor every time I want to grab a pen... But then, I decided against it because I have a great travel watercolor box and everything and see no need to re-organize my stuff. I mainly made this just to see if I could, anyway. Boyfriend already took this thing to some artist meetings, so it's being used, yay!
*well, not really, but I draw and paint with my left
It has a closing mechanism with three "buttons" (well, wire wrapped in duct tape) and some string. I left the cover blank so Boyfriend could paint on it. (By now, he did so, with some difficulties because the paper quality sucked. Which was to be expected, because... Well. Cardboard waste.)
The inside is a study in duct tape. XD Most of the walls are cardboard covered in tape, for the sake of stability. The only exception is the pencil compartment, which I left wobbly for easier access. (As in, no one would get the pencil out of there otherwise. LOL)
...and that's what it looks like when it is filled! All the important stuff (pencil, eraser, fineliners, waterbrush, watercolors, white acrylic pen) in one place.
First, I had been considering to make one for myself, just mirrored because I'm left-handed* and would not want to accidentally drag my sleeve through wet watercolor every time I want to grab a pen... But then, I decided against it because I have a great travel watercolor box and everything and see no need to re-organize my stuff. I mainly made this just to see if I could, anyway. Boyfriend already took this thing to some artist meetings, so it's being used, yay!
*well, not really, but I draw and paint with my left
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Date: 2025-02-15 10:37 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2025-02-15 05:52 pm (UTC)Which is a great motivation! And I‘m glad to hear it fulfills its purpose.
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Date: 2025-02-15 06:17 pm (UTC)I am curious about how the closing mechanism works. Is it easy to describe or show that?
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Date: 2025-02-15 06:59 pm (UTC)The buttons are wire covered in duct tape, wired to the side of the box. The closing mechanism is just a piece of string threaded through a flap of paper covered in duct tape that's taped to the cover of the box. Everything is duct tape with duct tape and more duct tape. ;)
Have I mentioned that I love duct tape?
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Date: 2025-02-15 07:09 pm (UTC)Thank you! 😊
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