Swipe box

The ancient swipe box technique is intrigueing. In its simplest form it's an easy concept of applying heat to thin pieces of wood to bend it, but it could be used for so many different things.

General ideas

Since wood get burnt if too much heat is applied, and for a more uniform heating, the wood is soaked in water for some hour before bending it.

To avoid splintering when bending sharply, the piece of wood should be thin, and the fibers of the wood should be as un-broken as possible.

Traditionally spruce root is used for the seam holding the box together, but I applied glue.

For the bottom and lid of the box a piece of wood is fitted.

In the workshop where I reside Monday evenings a range of different swages for swipe boxes can be found.

For this wooden box I used a somewhat triangular shape, created a knob with my owners mark upon it, and used darker and heavier wood for the bottom.

No surface treatment has been added since the box is placed indoors, to store tealights in my livingroom.