Topless Box (2012)

RELEASED: 11.29.2012 PRODUCED: 38 Copies DESIGNER: Eric Fuller CRAFTSMAN: Eric Fuller MATERIAL: Striped Quartersawn Sapele / Quilted Maple / Paduak COMMENTS: Several years ago Robert Yarger and I threw around the idea of collaborating on a massive project. We both were interested in making a complex Apothecary style box with many drawers and a sequential discovery style solution. He threw out a crazy idea - why don't we get a bunch of other puzzlemakers to chip in, and have each drawer unique? Having been in the military I knew what that meant (massive disorganization) and so I politely declined, thinking he was getting all pie-in-the-sky on me. Well darn if he didn't rally the troops, and off they got started. I think someone told me they initially thought it would take something like six months. Three years later it was almost done! Unfortunately one person had to withdraw from the project, and Dave Cooper relentlessly lobbied for my participation. I agreed and now I'm v