Jim Anderson (American), Norwegian-style Tine Bentwood Box, cherry/maple, c. 2010.
I made a box that was very similar to this in school, except my bentwood box was made of birch and it was circular, rather than oval shaped and it lacked the spiral decorations on the sides. As a teenager I was seriously considering becoming a teacher of educational sloyd and English, but the Swedish university system does, for some reason, not allow this combination - it’s sloyd or nothing and I was already too passionate about languages back then to give up one passion for another, when I sill could do sloyd and vätnoe during my spare time.
