The woodshop is in prep-mode right now, getting ready for some larger summer projects, but I still want to show you guys something. If you're popping over here from Facebook, you'll have seen this already, the skull box.
I saw something like this a friend bought from Etsy and new I had to make one. My mother had given me a couple of very cool fleur-de-li hinges she had pulled off a piece of furniture she was refinishing and I had been waiting for the right project to come around to use it on. So with coping sway, file, and some cedar in hand, here's the output:
As I said, this is all cedar, and the hinge lets the jaw open and close freely. The kids had fun making him 'talk'.
I have the other hinge and have plans on making another skull box, though I am thinking of a bright red finish with some dia de los muertos motifs worked in...
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