http://paulandemily.com/gallery 5 photos in 1 album en-US Sat, 02 May 2026 02:52:14 +0000 Gallery 1.5, http://gallery.menalto.com/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 40 http://paulandemily.com/gallery/albums/ln-album14/P1080045.thumb.jpg http://paulandemily.com/gallery 144 107 http://paulandemily.com/gallery/ln-album14 28b8526deb4a541c6267f0ea4a35b85e Thu, 07 Oct 2010 23:53:53 +0000 http://paulandemily.com/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=ln-album14 http://paulandemily.com/gallery/albums/ln-album14/P1080045.thumb.jpg http://paulandemily.com/gallery/albums/ln-album14/P1080045.sized.jpg http://paulandemily.com/gallery/albums/ln-album14/P1080045.thumb.jpg 107 144 Have taken up making Shaker oval boxes as they are both beautiful and can, for the most part, be done in the house rather then the garage which is cold in the winter. These are two sets made over two weekends. The lighter ones are from hickory and the darker from cherry. The Shakers traditionally made them from cherry and maple and, occasionally, pine. The hickory ones were an attempt to use some extra wood I had in the garage. I now know why the Shakers stuck to cherry, maple and pine - hickory splits and is very brittle when it dries.