Boxes & Chests

Veronika Alice Gunter   400 outstanding works, from traditional to wildly contemporary, celebrate the art of the wooden box. The wonderfully wide variety includes traditional jewelry,... [read more]

Diana Thompson   For carvers at all skill levels, here's a book by the well known scrollsawer Diane Thompson that will make it easy to... [read more]

Doug Stowe   Boxes are wonderful projects for woodworkers from novice to expert. Here Doug Stowe shows you all the techniques you need to make... [read more]

Sterling Publishing Company   More than three dozen lovely box projects from Wood Magazine that incorporate a variety of fully explained, interesting techniques. Learn marquetry, inlay,... [read more]

Lora S. Irish  

David M. Freedman   It took years for woodworker David Freedman to develop and perfect the box-making techniques he shares in this book. Accompanying his techniques... [read more]

Alan Bridgewater,Gill Bridgewater   Here are 15 Colonial-style box and chest projects to enhance your home. They're presented with step-by-step instructions, clear illustrations, and detailed plans.... [read more]

Peter Lloyd,Andrew Crawford   Here is a terrific gallery of photos of imaginative wooden boxes, made by 68 artists from all over the world. Includes artists... [read more]

Doug Stowe   Not simply a how-to manual, this book gives you the know-how to design your own adaptations of the 15 projects shown. But... [read more]

Peter Lloyd   Woodworkers can follow Peter Lloyd's 14 original designs to making heirloom boxes through his step-by-step instruction and sequential process photography. Or, woodworkers... [read more]

Doug Stowe   Nicely crafted boxes make great gifts or saleable items, so here are step-by-step plans for 15 of them. The projects range from... [read more]

Lon Schleining,Randy Orourke   This engaging book traces the fascinating evolution of the boxes that have held the things that people valued the most over the... [read more]

Richard Raffan   Everyone loves a little wooden box with a tightly fitted lid, and here is the complete, step-by-step story on designing them and... [read more]

John Swanson,Jeffrey B. Snyder   Woodturners may aspire to turning boxes with lids that thread smoothly on, but few know how it's done. This photographic handbook shows... [read more]

Tony Lydgate   Exquisite inlaid covers, gracefully simple lines and soft curves, glorious woods, intriguing lids, and intricate compartments are the hallmarks of the work... [read more]

Lois Keener Ventura   Band-saw box art will spark your interest in woodcraft and kindle your creative skills. With this woodworking style, you can liberate yourself... [read more]

Andrew Crawford   The best-made small boxes invite you to come in close and examine their elaborate detailing, smooth surfaces, and fine finishes. With detailed... [read more]

Tony Lydgate   Here's an array of gorgeous box projects-- 30 by 25 woodworkers. Follow the detailed instructions for these projects, or let your imagination... [read more]

Tony Lydgate   Woodworkers will be delighted by this celebration of elegant wood boxes -- 23 ingenious projects, complete with detailed plans for construction.TABLE OF... [read more]

Tony Lydgate   Here's a book that's meant to pay tribute to outstanding contemporary American box makers, and also to guide potential box makers to... [read more]

The popular Danny Proulx provides plans for building toolboxes and workbenches that are both solid... [read more]

The long-awaited treatise on a master's techniques for turning bowls, vessels and spindles. A well-organized... [read more]

Here are three of Taunton's excellent reference volumes that provide overviews as well as details... [read more]

How to select, season, and build with any kind of wood This well organized and comprehensive... [read more]