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Details in Black
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This box is driving me crazy. That happens sometimes. You kinda like something you make, but there's something wrong. It's not all wrong, so it just doesn't get flipped into the wrong pile, but its wrong enough so that you keep working on it, to make it right. Which I'm not sure I've accomplished, even now.
Sometimes, I spend a lot of time on the design of a project. To the point of making full-size mockups or drawings. Story boards for cabinetry. So everything gets worked out before you do the actual construction. That's the way you're supposed to do it. (If you're doing a large-scale interior job, you'd better do it that way. And get everything signed, including finish samples.)
But
with Kandi boxes there can be none of that. I don't know why. That's just
part of the deal. Seat of the pants. So if a box doesn't turn out right it
goes to the wrong pile. Maybe I'll try to make it right later. Or, maybe I'll
just use the pieces for something else.
In any case, this handle is the problem. I read something, some time ago, about design, that said that anything with details shouldn't be made dark, because you wouldn't see the details. They'd be lost in shadows. So things with details should be light, and shape things, where the outline is the interest, should be dark. Good advice, I suppose.
But do I listen? Noooo...
The
panga-panga (what a name!) is fine. (Not fine in the sense of easy to
work with. Fine in the sense of nice to look at.) Goes great with
the curly sycamore. I like the box. It's got possibilites.
So, here we are with this handle. You can hardly see the handle detail, which, given that this is ebony (again) took a long time. I can hardly photograph it.
Actually, you can see it. In certain light. When this box is placed under a table lamp, for instance, you can see the detail. But, maybe the detail's not all that interesting, anyway. Maybe that's the problem.
Could be heading to the wrong pile.
Oh well, here it is.