Tuesday 31 August 2010

The Geckoboxes

Why the name Geckoboxes for my box-making hobby? Geckos, or small lizards, have been around our house in Italy, Spain, Singapore and Saigon for many years, sometimes hiding in the boxes I was making. Because they were so little, I was never scared but more surprised by their sudden appearances.
These 2 boxes are made with pictures of paintings made by my Dutch friend Joke. Bringing these colorful pictures together as a mosaic around the corners of a box is one of the things I like to do most.

This heap of boxes is made during workshops I gave in Saigon. It is a mixture of different levels of box-making: beginners, advanced, with paper, fabric, glass top and picture collage.
Right now all my materials are in storage and I am so much looking forward to unpacking them all when we move to Sao Paulo, somewhere in October. Even more so after visiting a another box making lady here in The Hague. She makes beautiful boxes, some of those are for an on-line shop: http://kunstenvliegwerk.nl (click on the URL). She uses printed copies of antique samplers, simply beautiful.

some more Geckoboxes
Cheers, Hilde

5 comments:

  1. Love looking at your boxes. I often go into your other web site, just to drool ;). I haven't really started to make boxes since I'm back in Singapore but will do soon! Lots of Love Vreni

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  2. Wat Mooi This dozijn, dat zeer populair See quiltwinkels OOK bakjes ed Staan sterven zijn beplakt voldaan Allerlei Moois . Lijkt Mij OOK VOOR Leuk linealen en tijdschriftenhouders .
    groeten Marijke

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  3. ooohhh ben gek op doosjes!!!!!! Ze zien er te gek uit! Groetjes Hubertine

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  4. Te gek die doosjes!
    Geef je nog een workshop hier in Holland??
    Stineke

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  5. Hoi Stineke, helaas geen workshops in NL... Bestellen kan wel, maar voor lesgeven heb ik geen goede ruimte tot mijn beschikking.

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