The Art Box

Posted on August 11, 2015

This is a side project I’m working on with my friend Anthony. I don’t remember exactly how the story went, but his dad happened upon this first aid cabinet and rescued it from its certain demise. (I know he reads my blog so maybe he’ll leave a comment with the real story)

He wanted to make it into a place to store some of his art supplies, he cleaned it up and we’ve been collaborating on redesigning it.

Below is a page from my sketchbook with some notes and the concept for the design the box to have. Obviously influenced by my love of MASH, we decided on a military style design.

It was coming nicely but we had a pretty major set back: After I sprayed the white layer, we left it in the sun to dry, unfortunately the heat melted the green base layer beneath and our stencil stuck to it. I eventually peeled it off using a hair dryer to reheat the paint, but the green layer will have to be sanded and redone and the stencil is too far gone. 

I’m recutting the stencil and repainting the lid. More to come soon.