All things boxed and beautiful

(Here are two box people I drew. A portrait of modern courtship).

Remember the pair of boxy fellows who emerged into three glorious dimensions last summer? Well, my preoccupation with box-like creatures has persisted, resulting in the creation of several more of them over the last few months. In an effort to refine the whole box operation, I upgraded to cardstock. The first creation was this green dude, which I gave to Stig for his birthday.

Then while I was in the country a few weeks ago, I saw this awesome little drawer in an antique store. It was billed as a "shadowbox," but it's obviously a drawer where the letters for a printing press were stored. Unfortunately, I'm a sucker for anything with a lot of little compartments, no matter how impractical said compartments are. These, for example, are only about 1.25 inches tall. What would I put in these, you ask? Paper clips? Googly eyes? Other office supplies? Oh no. I intended to transform the drawer into a thriving metropolis of miniature box people, each occupying their own tiny quadrant.

Here they are in production:
Apparently, I'm not the only one with a love of boxes. Here are some great box heads from P Williams (via The Lumper).



Naturally, relatively early on, the thought occurred to make box creatures out of wood. I was on the same page as Ingela P. Arrhenius, whose work I found via Kickcan & Conkers.


Then just today, I found this awesome book (Majster Klepka na Osce) via Anorak magazine, which is always stunning and impressive. Unfortunately, I don't know Polish (?) so I can't really tell what's going on. But it's beautiful, and available here.


Variations on a theme. Personified boxes galore.