In about 1977 I had been given post office box doors from my father who had purchased them at auction in Valley Nebraska when the old post office had been torn down. Planning to make post office door banks, I visited Nations Hardwoods and bought various interesting and contrasting woods. To do right by the ornate brass doors and to honor the gift from my father, I went to bed that night and "saw" the means to fabricate inlay to be used on each one. They were sold at Nelson Leather Company in Eureka Springs.
Two leftover doors found use, one as a gift to my daughter, and one as a bank for receiving contributions to the Carnegie Public Library. When the one from the library was stolen and likely destroyed, I used ebay.com to find replacement doors to make them a new inlaid box.
What you see in the photo is one currently being crafted with the two remaining doors, as I am currently trying to clear up a few projects, crafting a clean slate. The tape is to remind me of the combination.
Make, fix and create...
