Torus Box Woodworking Project

This looks like it might interest Del the cat.

He's a very skilled bowyer and wood worker.

My thoughts exactly. His blog post today about the archer automation reminded me that I'd run across this peculiar box. The wood in this box is beautiful.

Where is Del, i have not seen him post much recently?

Drew K

Automaton archer

As mentioned by BIS

That's a lot of trouble to go to to make a container for a banana.

Very impressive, way beyond my talents.

This is off topic because it is a one of a kind commissioned work that my wife had done by an Arizona wood artist. The wood is all natural colors, coated with a clear coating. The piece is over 5 1/2 feet across and the photo of the horse head measures 12" from top to bottom. I can't imagine how long it took to finish, but I've never seen anything else like this. I've never attempted to count the individual pieces that are attached to a backboard.

There is an Alaska artist, Doug Hudson, who does similar wood sculptures with marine life, but not with as many pieces. Your picture is of a very nice piece. Who is the artist?

The wife said his name was Wolfgang Miller, "Wolf of the West".

She bought a couple of small things he did when she was traveling long ago and then found him in Payson AZ and had him do the horses.

I do not believe he was very prolific, commercially at least, but he was very good.

No, make that Moller, but still not much on him.

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/statesman/obituary.aspx?n=hildegard-and-wolfgang-moller&pid=131105612

That sounds like a paired life well lived. And a nice remembrance.

The wife took her mother with her to their house to pick up the piece.

I had no idea what it was until she brought it home. It's heavy.

She paid a pro from some snooty art gallery in Scottsdale to hang it on the wall.

Did you not have a stud finder at the time?

This was/is not some $99.95 store bought plastic piece. And it is heavy.

I did not want to incur the wrath of my wife if anything went wrong with the installation.

To Codemaster: she got two out of three right.

Exceptionally nice work, but just out of curiosity, how many inches thick is it at it's thickest point, roughly?...

This is an "off the wall" guess, but I'd say maybe 2-2 1/2 inches.

I might attempt a measurement after I get home.

The 15-step instructions might give you an idea -- probably depends on how large you make the circumference of the (partial) circle.

I think Mr. Guest was talking to Lyn about his horses.

Ah, that makes more sense. That horse piece is one-of-a-kind.

The bay in the center is 2.5" thick as they are mounted on a 3/8" thick backboard which I have subtracted from my measurements.

I will resist the temptation to try to remove a piece of it and measure it.

The lead horse (and the one above it is 1" thick wood (I can measure them directly)

So, it appears that we have four (or more) different thicknesses of wood in all.

The point of the question being to be told that the (piece), therefore, is indeed a (foreshortened) 3-d wooden sculpture, and not just a single layer thick.

And, it is all the more impressive for the extra effort required to do so...

That is a beautiful piece. Really well done. Credit to your wife for getting it made!

Thank you. She a smart lady.

That would make a neat hidden drawer in a cabinet or desk. My wife has this old giant bookcase/desk that we keep in our office that must be from the early 1900's. It has all these hidden compartments. I think things like that give furniture character.

I'd never remember where I put things if there were more then 3 compartments.

Or else you can have a look at any e-commerce site.

I love these hidden drawers. You often find them in old desks. I think it adds a ton of character to furniture!