Summary of Vessel Project

This project was such a great experience.  I have learned so much; from different types of wood, how to use saws, rowders, and sanders.  There were so many techniques that I would have never thought of without the help of the wood shop teachers.  I thought that this project was going to be much more difficult than it ended up being, but in the end I thought it was very enjoyable.  In fact, I plan to make more boxes this summer for family and friends.  My strengths of this project were the gluing and carving.  I thought that the overall glued wood structure was very successful.  I also thought that the carving that I did on the top of my box was pretty good for never had doing it before.  My weaknesses for this project was the cutting.  Cutting was something that made me pretty nervous actually.  I was worried about cutting my fingers off, and I was also always thinking that I was making the right cut at the right time.  One wrong cut can call for a whole new box.  If I were to do anything differently I would maybe experiment more with the overall shape of the box.  But because of the my chosen object, I think the shape I chose was appropriate.  However, in my next box, I would like to make some funky boxes that are visually interesting.