I had some help on this next toy box/keepsake box! Patrick Gottlieb is my son's self-proclaimed best friend and a talented artist. He's been drawing mushrooms with expressions for about a year now and we talked awhile back about turning one of his mushrooms into a toy box. At last, it's finally done! Patrick's brother's, Eamonn and Sam also joined in by helping to color the many sketches of mushrooms with expressions to give me a better idea of what the final should look like.
On Saturday, Scott and I decided on which style we would be able to turn into a box. He copied the mushroom shape on the wood as well as add some input about circle colors and placement, and I happily started cutting the wood. By the end of a few hours, the mushroom with expression was born.
Check out Patrick's fantastic sketches of mushrooms as well as photos of the plus the completed box.
Patrick with the mushroom box
Inside the mushroom
Patrick's sketches
Many thanks to Patch for sharing his artwork with me and inspiring me to keep pushing artistic boundaries. By far, this is one of the coolest boxes I've built to date.
Patrick's sketches
Many thanks to Patch for sharing his artwork with me and inspiring me to keep pushing artistic boundaries. By far, this is one of the coolest boxes I've built to date.
cool new box!
ReplyDeleteCool, I love the concept of letting the kids be involved in the creation/inspiration of their own furniture! That surely will be a piece that stays in his life forever.
ReplyDeleteThat's a rather spiffy design. It looks to be a good size for keeping "special" stuff in.
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