AllAdd.com Sells custom jewelry boxes of assorted sizes and cutting boards
Title
Jewelry boxes and cutting boards handmade by a box maker with over twenty years jewelry box making experience.
Description
All of my work on display in this site, and the vast majority of my professional output, involves the lamination of blocks of wood with a geometric pattern running through and through, which are then cut thinner for use, like a loaf of bread, or sushi. I use only naturally colored woods, and contrasting tones and colors form much of the substance of my work. I have been exploring these techniques since my days as a college student over twenty years ago, and I make every effort to venture into new territory every year. The horizon remains limitless.
For many years all the blocks ran long grain, and the patterned surface was thus end grain, resulting in a striking crispness in the finished surface, but also constraining how the panels could be used. As these panels can’t be glued down to a substrate, they must free float; easy for a cutting board, difficult for a box. They also cannot be too large in any one dimension, limiting the canvas size of any piece featuring single end grain panels. Because of these difficulties this method of construction has been little explored for decorative use, and I have been something of a pioneer. My end grain jewelry boxes and small boxes are instantly recognized as the work of Al Ladd by connoisseurs of contemporary American craft .
Used as cutting boards the pieces have the obvious advantage of endgrain’s extreme hardness –about twelve times that of the corresponding face grain. This is how professional-use butcher’s blocks are made. My cutting boards have been a staple at many of the county's finest craft galleries since 1985, combining extreme beauty with the height of functionality, a contemporary craft classic.
Languages
English
Address
- 266 Shelburne Line Rd
- Colrain MA 01340 US
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